The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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What Activist Jasmine Richards's "Lynching" Conviction Means for Black Lives Matter
Richards is the first African American to be convicted of "felony lynching," a technical term in California penal code referring to "the taking by means of a riot of another person from the lawful custody of a peace officer."
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Act Out! [61] - How to Erase the Border, Moms 4 Peace & A Miami Model’s Police State
This week, a wall is a wall until it's — the sky? Ana Teresa Fernandez shows us how we might view things differently, simply through the application of color.
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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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It Takes A Flint To Start A Fire
It takes something truly egregious to catalyze public action – we all now know the harm that was done and the toxic combination of neglect and manipulation that led to it. Will Flint be the tipping point?
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Act Out! [49] - Love & Fight on the Front lines, Military Buys, Take Aim and Fire
This week, I'll tell you what I'm NOT covering.
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Latino Lives Matter: Stop Ignoring the Police Killings of Latinos In America
Few police shootings of Latinos make national headlines – a lack of attention and outrage that stems from a poor understanding of the history of state violence against them in the U.S.
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Message From Minneapolis: The Time To Reinvest in Poor Communities Is Now
American taxpayers spend $126 billion a year to fund police departments nationwide – but in places like Minneapolis, black people are underprotected and overpoliced, and politicians can no longer ignore the surging wave of activism.
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Cleveland Officer Who Fatally Shot Tamir Rice Will Not Face Criminal Charges
The white police officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice, an African American 12-year-old, will not face criminal charges, it was announced on Monday – more than a year after the shooting in Cleveland.
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Why Cops Can’t Be Trusted with Video of Shootings
We need to radically rethink how digital evidence should be handled when cops kill.
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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.
