civil rights
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Immigrant detention centers hold entire families
Over the past year, the U.S. government has stepped up attacks on undocumented workers with racist legislation and immigration policies.…
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Bush claims power to open mail without warrant
On Dec. 20, 2006, President Bush signed a statement attached to a postal reform bill that gave him the authority…
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Gerald Ford: A bloodstained ‘healer’
"In President Ford, the world saw the best of America and America found a man whose character and leadership would…
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Afghanistan war tactics employed on U.S.-Mexico border
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is expanding its efforts to militarize the 2,000-mile border separating the United States and…
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Fighting racist police brutality from LA to NYC
This talk was presented by ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) organizer Malena Hinze on Dec.…
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Racist San Francisco police target African Americans for arrest
According to a study discussed in the Dec. 17 San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Police Department arrests African Americans…
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African American reparations and the struggle for socialism
This article was first published in the December 2006 issue of Socialism and Liberation magazine. Among the historical demands of…
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Navajo elders resist corporate greed, environmental degradation
The four corners area of New Mexico—the only place in the United States where four states come together in one…
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African American reparations movement wins partial legal victory
On Dec. 13, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago upheld fraud claims brought by African Americans against 15…
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New Jersey vote reflects advance in struggle for transgender equality
On Dec. 14, the New Jersey Senate passed a bill that prohibits discriminatory practices against transgender people in employment, housing…
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