racism
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U.S. strike kills 90 Afghan civilians
During the night of Aug. 22, the U.S. military attacked and bombed a village in the western province of Herat,…
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Racist ICE raid in Laurel, Miss., largest in history
Nearly 600 immigrant workers were swept up in a massive Aug. 25 raid on a factory in Laurel, Miss. It…
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Pro-Palestine activists reach Gaza by boat
As a challenge to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, 46 pro-Palestinian activists from 17 countries sailed out of…
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Protestors gather at FEMA headquarters on Katrina anniversary
A spirited crowd of about 80 protesters demonstrated in the rain at the Federal Emergency Management Agency in downtown Washington,…
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Eyewitness New Orleans — As Hurricane Gustav Bears Down
Tomorrow, the people of New Orleans and the wider area again face the possibility of catastrophic disaster. While the government's…
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Eyewitness New Orleans — As Hurricane Gustav Bears Down
Tomorrow, the people of New Orleans and the wider area again face the possibility of catastrophic disaster. While the government's…
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’68–then and now
Mumia Abu-Jamal has been on Pennsylvania’s death row since 1982 on false charges of shooting a Philadelphia cop, being railroaded…
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Community protests police killings
On Saturday, Aug. 23, a noontime community protest against police brutality took place on the corner of Ashby Ave. and…
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‘I will never regret standing up for my people’
Leonard Peltier is a Native American political prisoner incarcerated unjustly in U.S. federal prisons since 1976. The statement below was…
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Katrina, the Pain Index
The author is a human rights lawyer and law professor at Loyola University New Orleans. He can be reached at…
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