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All Aboard: The Fight Against Segregation on Bob-Lo Island
Ron SoodalterAn important but forgotten Supreme Court case.Topics: Civil RightsCourtsAfrican Americans
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Remembering Ali's Fight for Justice
Norman StockwellAli was not always held in such high regard in Washington, D.C.Topics: ActivismAfrican Americans
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True Fraud: The New Battle Over Voting Rights, State By State
Tanner Jean-LouisThe presidential election in November will be the first in half a century without the full protection of the Voting Rights Act. Topics: Civil...
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Settlement From Police Pepper Spray Assault to Support Student Activists
Submitted by Tanner Jean-Louis on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 1:24pmHe was on his way to his son's birthday party. Topics: EducationPublic School ShakedownAfrican Americans
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Police Chief Promises Probe into 'Brutal' Madison Shopping Mall Arrest
Bill LuedersMadison Police Chief Mike Koval is taking a wait-and-see approach.Topics: VideoCivil LibertiesCivil RightsCriminal JusticeAfrican Americans
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What other Universities Should Learn from UT
Submitted by Tanner Jean-Louis on Fri, 06/24/2016 - 1:31pmNot discussed in the current ruling, is that Fisher did not fall below a bright line by which Whites were rejected and minorities...
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A Community Remembers Philando Castile
Sarah Lahm"I've got this. Every child will be fed."Topics: GunsAfrican Americans
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Nurturing the Roots: 90for90 and Black Political Power
Tanner Jean-Louis"You need to work at the local level, that’s where the energy is, that’s where the voters are.”Topics: ActivismElectionsVotingAfrican Americans
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Pence No Friend to Public Schools, Minorities
Submitted by Tanner Jean-Louis on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 10:01amHis policies as governor starved Indiana's public schools of funding.Topics: EducationRepublicansRightwingPublic School ShakedownAfrican...
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North Miami Police Shoot Man for Helping While Black
Fred McKissack, Jr.He was shot doing his job—walking a young man with autism back to his group home.Topics: Civil RightsCriminal JusticeGunsMilitarismAfrican Americans
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An 11-year Old Boy Ponders the Coming Race War
Mike ErvinThis is the kind of political perspective you can gain from being in the "reject school."Topics: CultureAfrican Americans
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That Official Phone Call (Don’t Tell Me It’ll be Fine)
Submitted by Progressive Web Editor on Tue, 08/09/2016 - 10:15am"I wasn't fired by mistake."Topics: EducationPublic School ShakedownAfrican AmericansLatinos
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The Real Answer to Milwaukee’s Woes
Rep. Mandela Barnes"As a leader, I hate to see our city burn."Topics: African Americans
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Owning Milwaukee’s Tragedy
Fred McKissack, Jr.Where to look to understand upheaval in a city I love?Topics: Criminal JusticeGunsPovertyRace / EthnicityAfrican Americans
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Surrealism in Wisconsin: Trump Woos the Black Vote
Roger BybeeGiuliani, Walker and Trump. Oh my!Topics: ElectionsRepublicansAfrican Americans
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From the Archive: New Orleans After Katrina
Ashana BigardWhen all eyes turned to New Orleans, I thought, finally, things will change.Topics: EnvironmentAfrican Americans
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Do Not Resist: Black Americans and the Police State
Ed Rampell"They’ve got to stop giving these boys these toys because they don’t know how to handle them.”Topics: Civil LibertiesGunsHuman RightsMilitarismNational SecurityRace / EthnicityAfrican Americans
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Charlotte, Football, and Black Lives
Kevin Alexander GrayIf the black citizens of Charlotte and white supporters of justice block the entrance to the stadium on Sunday, I will not be going to the game.Topics: African Americans
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What Kaepernick Started: A Former NBA Player Reflects
Etan Thomas"I've been in his shoes."Topics: ActivismFeaturedCivil RightsNationalismRace / EthnicityAfrican AmericansSports
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Fannie Lou Hamer's Message Should Be Remembered
Barbara RansbyHer spirit lives on.Topics: ActivismDemocracyHuman RightsRace / EthnicityAfrican Americans
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