The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza On the Movement’s First 3 Years
BLM’s main success has been in achieving a “cultural shift that is moving through this country,” one that is “necessary for real policy change to happen.”
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In Black Lives Matter's shift to economic issues, echoes of Black Panthers
Nearly two years after people took to the streets in Ferguson to protest the killing of Michael Brown, the nationwide movement has broadened its focus to community empowerment in ways reminiscent of the Black Panthers of the 60s.
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This Michigan House Candidate Wants to Bring Material Democracy To Detroit
Dennis Black is a revolutionary running for office in Michigan, who says we need grassroots activists to re-make the law.
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Black Lives Matter Movement Sees Series of Victories In Midwest Elections
The protest movement that formed in response to deadly shootings of African Americans by police saw oustings of prosecutors in Chicago and Cleveland on Wednesday.
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Justice Department to Open Ferguson-Style Inquiry Into Chicago PD
U.S. attorneys will investigate whether the police department systemically engaged in constitutional violations of policing.
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Anonymous Vows To Unhood 1,000 Ku Klux Klan Members
The hacktivist collective says it will release the identities around the anniversary of the Ferguson protests.
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Number of U.S. Police Officers Charged In Fatal Shootings Hits 10-Year High
Public outrage over the killing of black men by police in New York, Missouri and elsewhere have spurred prosecutions, and body cameras and bystanders' videos also helped bring cases – but still only a small percentage resulted in charges.
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The Ferguson Commission Won't Bring Social Change – Black Lives Matter Will
It just got a lot harder to pretend the suffering in Ferguson, Michael Brown’s death and the explosive reaction after his shooting weren’t all about race now.
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Justice Dept. Declares Ferguson An Example of How Police are Not to Act in Protests
A DOJ report released Thursday denounces poor community-police relations, ineffective communication among law enforcement groups, police orders that infringed 1st Amendment rights, and military-style tactics that antagonized demonstrators.
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Ferguson Marks Michael Brown Anniversary with Protests – And Silence
Hundreds gathered on the residential side street where Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, was shot dead by a white police officer last August, igniting national unrest and the Black Lives Matter movement.
