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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Broke Cities and Broken Bodies – It’s Time to Make the Connections
The bankers get our money, charge us for taking it and leave cities’ budgets bare. Schools close, small businesses shut down, social programs fold and only the cops remain.
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LA City Council Approves $2.45 Million Deal with Occupy Protesters
The agreement settles all claims involving Occupy L.A. protesters arrested during a violent "shock and awe" clash with Los Angeles police in 2011.
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Why Black Lives Matter Needs the Black Panthers
A half century ago, activists were demanding not only the recognition that black lives matter but also the right to black power.
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Two Members of Pussy Riot Release First English Single, "I Can't Breathe"
The "industrial ballad" came out of the group's involvement in New York City street protests against police brutality, but also takes aim at Putin's repressive regime in Russia.
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#BlackLivesMatter: The Evolution of an Iconic Hashtag
How three friends turned a spontaneous Facebook post into a global phenomenon.
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In Pursuit of Justice, Two Northern California Communities Experiment With Police Reform
For communities elsewhere seeking to reform and improve policing policies, perhaps the cases of Richmond and Sonoma County can point a way forward.
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An App Promises Mobile Justice to Protesters When Law Enforcement Violates the Law
Protesters are equipped with a tool designed to hold police accountable – and it's one that can be traced back to the early days of the Occupy movement.
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Native Lives Matter: Violent Police Encounters On Dangerous Rise for Native Americans
A day after attending a Native Lives Matter march, a Native American man in South Dakota was killed by a police officer under very shady circumstances.
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Protesters March Nationwide As #ReclaimMLK Day Highlights Racial Injustice
Tens of thousands of people across the country came out to volunteer, march and celebrate the civil rights leader's legacy and to call for an end to police brutality and violence.
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Blood on Their Hands: Corporate Media's Respose to the CIA Torture Report and #BlackLivesMatter
Whether the subject is torture or the shooting of unarmed citizens, America’s mainstream news media offer the same basic points of view and rarely live up to their intended adversarial role – to hold government in check.
