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 Vol. 079 Issue 002 (February 1 2015)
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••Contents••
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 Black Lives Matter
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Conniff, Ruth
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EDITOR’S NOTE by RUTH CONNIFF Black Lives Matter When the news broke about the grand jury decisions not to indict white police officers who killed Michael Brown and Eric Garner, we republished...
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The Worst State for African Americans
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Brown, Miles
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COMMENT by MILES BROWN The Worst State for African Americans I’m one semester away from graduating from the University of Wisconsin. My college experience has been equal parts stressful,...
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No Comment
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NO COMMENT Cocktail, Schmocktail Scott Walker, when he was Milwaukee County executive, tried to show his sensitivity to the Jewish community by promising in a letter to display a menorah at the...
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We Hear Yor
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WE HEAR YOU P > From Our Website On “An Interview with Matt Damon’s Mom” by Tim Slekar I became a teacher and then a school counselor in the same era as Nancy. It was a time of inspired learning...
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On the Line
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ON THE LINE Black Lives Matter The shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, shined a national spotlight on the continuing problems of...
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My Grandmother, Undocumented
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Vasquez, Angie Trudell
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My Grandmother, Undocumented By Angie Trudell Vasquez rowing up, I did not know that my father’s mother was undocumented. I did not understand that her place in my life was tenuous or ever in...
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I Still Have a Dream
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Danticat, Edwidge
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I Still Have A Dream By Edwidge Danticat Edwidge Danticat is the author of Breath, Eyes, Memory; Krik? Krak!; The Dew Breaker; and many other books. She was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and...
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Goodbye, St. Louis: Fleeing the Ghosts of My Hometown
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McKissack, Fred Jr.
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Fleeing the Ghosts of My Hometown By Fredrick McKissack Jr. t’s the dump! We’re in Saint Lou..sis.” For the longest time, when we would drive to St. Louis to visit my parents and the handful of...
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Land Grab in Indian Country: Keystone XL Is a 'Declaration of War'
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Rolo, Mark Anthony
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Land Grab in Indian Country ust outside Winner, South Dakota, on sparsely populated land, sits a small camp made up of two Army tents and a few teepees, surrounded by 1,500-pound hay bales that...
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The Nonthreatening Muslim: Navigating Immigration to the USA
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Khan, Aaminah
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The Nonthreatening Muslim Navigating Immigration to the USA iss ... Khan?” The customs official stops, looks up at me, looks back down at my passport, and hesitates. That’s always how it...
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We Cannot Turn Back
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II, The Reverend Dr. William J. Barber
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By the Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II rogressive populism isn’t all that different from civil rights activism. We all believe in justice, fair play, treating people right, and using political...
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Does Racism Work in U.S. Elections?
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Lusane, Clarence
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or all intents and purposes, the Republican Party has become the party of white America. In 2012, 88 percent of Mitt Romney’s vote came from whites. That trend continued for Republicans in the 2014...
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The Real Voter Fraud
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Morales, Ed
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epublicans have found the ultimate weapon for winning elections: denying people the vote. Last year, twenty-two states enforced tough new restrictions on voting, making it significantly harder for...
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An Interview with Rinku Sen
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Conniff, Ruth
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An Interview with Rinku Sen By Ruth Conniff inku Sen is the president and executive director of Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation, and the publisher of the news site...
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2014 Up in Smoke
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Clinton, Kate
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UNPLUGGED by KATE CLINTON 2014 Up in Smoke Nothing is sweeter than a sunset beach fire. Especially if it’s at Herring Cove beach on the tiny island nation of Prov-incetown (Ptown), Massachusetts,...
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Books: War Stories from Soldiers and Body Washers
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Bayoumi, Moustafa
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BOOKS War Stories from Soldiers and Body Washers Redeployment By Phil Klay The Penguin Press. $16.70. 289 pages. The Corpse Washer By Sinan Antoon Yale University Press. $19.80. 200 pages. In...
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Activism on the Field
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Zirin, Dave
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EDGE OF SPORTS by DAVE ZIRIN Activism on the Field As I write this, the sports world is inspired, and enraged, by five members of the NFL’s St. Louis Rams. Their grand transgres-sive action was...
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The Beating Heart of the Wristwatch
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Espada, Martin
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POEM by MARTIN ESPADA The Beating Heart of the Wristwatch My father worked as a mechanic in the Air Force, the engines of planes howling in his ears all day. One morning the wristwatch his father...
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Rise of the Stealth Oligarchy
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Hightower, Jim
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VOX POPULIST by JIM HIGHTOWER Rise of the Stealth Oligarchy It can be tough policing the mean streets in these days of desperation, when drug cartels and other hardened criminals are out there . ....
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