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Unconvicted Palestinian professor remains in U.S. prison
As of Feb. 28, after 38 days on hunger strike, Dr. Sami Al-Arian has lost 40 pounds. Al-Arian is protesting…
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Remembering Coretta Scott King
On Jan. 31, Coretta Scott King passed away at age 78. She was a leader within the Civil Rights movement,…
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Racist University of Illinois mascot finally barred
After a 20-year campaign by Native American activists and their supporters, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign sports mascot that…
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Racist immigration raids target janitorial workers in 17 states
On Feb. 21, nearly 200 undocumented workers were arrested in a series of raids in 17 states and the District…
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Miami: Where terrorists rule the roost
This article first appeared in Spanish on Feb. 22 in Areitodigital, the online periodical edited by the writer. For decades,…
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Among wealthy countries, children in U.S. and Britain suffer most
The United States and Britain ranked at the bottom of a Feb. 14 United Nations Children’s Fund report evaluating the…
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Mock shantytown on Miami’s FIU campus shows solidarity with housing struggle
The writer is a student organizer at Florida Atlantic University. Miami is facing a housing crisis that has seen thousands…
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Supporters rally at Black Panther Eight court hearing
Four of the Black Panther Eight appeared in a San Francisco Court to seek bail reduction on Wed., Feb. 14.…
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Abortion rights under attack in Utah, South Dakota
State legislatures in Utah and South Dakota are each considering anti-abortion legislation. In South Dakota, voters recently defeated an anti-abortion…
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Communism and Black resistance in the 1930s South
This article first appeared in the March 2005 issue of Socialism and Liberation. "Hammer and Hoe," a 1990 book written…
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