Courtesy Xiuhezcatl Martinez | Xiuhezcatl Martinez a 13-year-old indigenous youth with Mother Earth’s wellbeing on his mind We cannot wait for our government to change the world, before power, before money, before greed – their purpose is to protect people. In my eyes they have failed us at that, so…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Awe5nrvRYo 4 Little Girls ~ Spike Lee Congress Honors Victims Of Infamous Alabama Church Bombing Angela Davis commemorates 50th anniversary of Alabama church bombing (16)
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From Raw Story: A Florida man is suing the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office over a violent arrest in December 2012 that the officer was not able to defend in court. First Coast News reported on Monday that Bobby Wingate was cited by an officer for “walking down the wrong side of…
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Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996) (9)
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at…
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From NYT: An updated study by the prominent economists Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty shows that the top 1 percent of earners took more than one-fifth of the country’s total income in 2012, one of the highest levels recorded in the century that the government has collected the relevant data.…
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From Colorlines: In response to a question from New York Magazine about whether de Blasio’s campaign represents “class-warfare,” Bloomberg piped in “class-warfare and racist.” Pressed to explain himself, Bloomberg said that though de Blasio himself is not racist, his “appeal” is such. Going in on the point, the mayor said…
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From Student Loan Expert Heather Jarvis: The CFPB launched a new toolkit last week to empower school districts and other public service organizations to help their employees pay off student loan debt. According to a report released last week, the CFPB estimates that more than 25 percent of the U.S.…
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