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Southern California cops beat mourners at peaceful vigil
On Aug. 19 in San Bernardino, Calif., police officers attacked a peaceful crowd mourning the shooting death of 22-year-old Charles…
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Mumia Abu-Jamal: the Vick kick
This column was first published on Aug. 21, 2007. NFL (National Football League) star, Michael Vick is the nation's latest…
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Prisoners shipped out of state for profit
For the first time since 1852, the state of California has sent inmates to private prisons. It just sent 700…
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Stop the execution of Kenneth Foster!
Three men will be executed in Texas this week. By the end of 2007, there will have been 400 executions…
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Anti-police brutality activist Aaron Patterson gets 30 years
On Aug. 14, a federal court in Chicago sentenced Aaron Patterson to 30 years in prison. In 2004, he was…
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Elvira Arellano and the struggle for immigrant rights
On Aug. 19, Elvira Arellano was arrested by Immigrant and Customs Enforcement agents in Los Angeles. Arellano is a well-known…
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Los Angeles protest condemns deportation of Elvira Arellano
Several thousand immigrants and their supporters took to the streets in downtown Los Angeles on Aug. 25 to demand full…
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Anti-immigrant racists drowned out by protest
Anti-racists shouted down a march of anti-immigrant racists on Aug. 18 as they tried to march through downtown Seattle. Seattle…
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New Orleans remains a tale of two cities
On Aug. 1, PSLweb.org’s Richard Becker and Eugene Puryear sat down with Malik Rahim, New Orleans activist and co-founder of…
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Chicago community protests police killing of Aaron Harrison
On Aug. 10, over 500 people attended a rally on Chicago’s west side to protest the police killing of Aaron…
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