racism
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Rebuild New Orleans? Not if the capitalists have their way
August 2007 will mark the two-year anniversary of the ravaging of the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina. When the storm…
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NYPD rounds up hundreds at Puerto Rican Day Parade
Three million people participated in New York’s annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on June 10. Celebrating the Puerto Rican people’s…
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Activists, African American community defeat anti-immigrant bigots in South L.A.
On June 23, over 500 people pushed back a small group of 40 anti-immigrant bigots in South Los Angeles. It…
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U.S. Senate considers repressive law federalizing ‘gang crime’
On June 5, Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa urged the U.S. Senate to pass legislation federalizing so-called gang crimes. Senator…
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New Haven approves IDs for undocumented, government retaliates
After nearly four years of organizing, the immigrant community in New Haven, Conn., won a major victory on June 4…
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What’s behind the immigration bill?
Last year, the world witnessed a dramatic upsurge in the struggle for immigrant rights. A mass movement for civil rights…
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NYPD cop kills unarmed man
Off-duty New York cop Raphael Lora killed an unarmed man on May 18. Lora fatally shot Fermin Arzu, a Honduran…
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Black students face prison in racist Louisiana trial
Last September in Louisiana, a Black student of Jena High School asked the school's principal if he could sit under…
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California to spend more on prisons than schools
Over the next five years, California's spending on prisons will increase nine percent annually. Education funding will increase five percent.…
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New York City Council debates apology for slavery
On April 23, a group of primarily African American New York City Council members called for a resolution to “express…
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