racism
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Jena 6 update: Mychal Bell freed on bail
On Sept. 28, Mychal Bell—one of the Jena 6—was freed from prison on $45,000 bail. Bell spent nearly 10 months…
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Eyewitness Jena: 50,000 march united
The writer filed this special report from Jena, La. On Sept. 20, a spirited march of more than 50,000 people…
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1,000 students in Watts walk out to support Jena 6
The case of the Jena 6 brought over 50,000 people into the streets of Jena, La. on Sept. 20. Masses…
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Sept. 15 and the prospects for renewed struggle
The writer is the National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism). The Sept.…
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Washington, D.C. cops kill 14-year-old DeOnté Rawlings
An off-duty policeman shot and killed DeOnté Rawlings, a 14-year-old Black youth, in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17. The crime…
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El Paso, Tex. to demolish Native holy site
On Sept.15, the El Paso, Tex. City Council voted 5 to 4 in favor of a road extension project that…
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Mumia Abu-Jamal legal update
Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has been on Pennsylvania's death row since 1982 on false charges of shooting a Philadelphia cop.…
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Kenneth Foster death sentence commuted
On Aug. 30, Kenneth Foster, an African American man on death row since 1997, learned that Gov. Rick Perry had…
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Hutto immigrant detention center forced to improve conditions
A federal judge recently approved an agreement between the U.S. federal government and lawyers for immigrant children. The agreement calls…
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