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Today’s blip Occupy Wall Street: Complaints Include Rising Student Loan Debt, Insurance Costs Several million to lose unemployment benefits after January if lawmakers cannot strike deal Unemployment rate among veterans is far higher than the national average ProgressivePOC: Slavery in North America, Part Four Native American Leader and Activist Elouise…
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Arctic ozone loss at record level White Professional Elites Don Overalls and Pitchforks when the Black President Isn’t Enough New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin Sneers At Wall Street Protesters, Estimates Only 80 There Slavery in North America Part 3 Wall Street protesters released Occupy Wall Street protest: NYPD accused…
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Today’s blip in Time Hospitals face drug price-gouging GOP Passes Bill Funding Gov’t, Forces Cuts For Disaster Aid ProgressivePOC: Slavery in North America Part 2 Why is it so easy to kill a Black man? A Wrenching Night of Global Solidarity as Georgia Kills Troy Davis A Diplomatic Surge to…
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Today’s blip in Time Poll supports Palestinian state Repeal of gay ban welcomed by civilian partners Amazing time lapse video from the international space station Progressive POC: Slavery in North America (Part I) Today: 9/19: Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America(event will be streamed live) Anti-immigration laws…
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal InJustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST. Last Words By soothsayer99, CI Editor The mission of…
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People of Color Organize has a thought-provoking, powerful excerpt up from winning author and Professor Frank B. Wilderson III’s critically acclaimed memoir Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid. The excerpt was a response to a mandate that came down from the university where Frank was teaching to read Walt…
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Cross-Posted from Criminal Injustice Kos:† † Criminal InJustice Kos is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Soothsayer99, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CIK. Criminal InJustice Kos is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST. Attica Prison Uprising…
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The Theft of Wealth from People of Color: Who and What are We Organizing For? by Seeta Persaud The Economic Immobility and Financial Insecurity of POC According to a Pew Research Center study released last week, the median wealth (assets minus debt) for white households is a little over $113,000,…
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