civil rights
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Racist raids target undocumented immigrants in six states
On Dec. 12, at least 1,280 immigrant workers were arrested in a series of raids targeting meatpacking plants owned by…
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Anti-immigrant ‘English-only’ proposals reach metropolitan areas
"English-only" proposals—restricting the use of languages other than English in government paperwork and signs—have passed in small cities and towns…
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FEMA battles to eliminate housing for Katrina victims
Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, President Bush stood in Jackson Square in New Orleans and declared,…
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U.S. House launches racist attack on Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dec. 9 marked the 25th anniversary of the arrest of African American political prisoner on death row Mumia Abu-Jamal. Hundreds…
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Movement to free Mumia set to expand on gains
This article first appeared in the December 2006 issue of Socialism and Liberation magazine. What began as a traffic stop…
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U.S. prison population highest in the world
According to a Nov. 30 Justice Department report, the number of inmates in U.S. prisons rose 35 percent from 1995…
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Seven guards, nurse indicted in Florida boot camp killing
On Nov. 28, seven guards and a nurse were charged with aggravated manslaughter against a child for the murder of…
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Los Angeles cops unpunished for killing infant Suzie Peña
The Los Angeles Police Commission recently released its investigative report on the July 2005 Los Angeles Police Department’s brutal killing…
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Movement to free Mumia set to expand on gains
What began as a traffic stop in the early morning hours on Dec. 9, 1981, instead turned into a life-and-death…
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Atlanta police kill 92-year-old Black woman in her home
On Nov. 22, narcotics police broke down the door of Kathryn Johnston’s home located in a working-class, African American neighborhood…
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