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National Assata Shakur Liberation Day: Activism Undeterred

What White Privilege Really Means

Were Ferguson Voters Asked to Show IDs That Missouri Law Doesn’t Require?

The 2nd Act in His Unlikely Pursuit: A College Degree

Open letter from Ferguson protestors and allies

5 Reasons This Year’s Midterm Elections Should Matter to Black Voters

Don’t Blame Black and Brown Voters If Democrats Lose Today

From Michael Brown to Assata Shakur, the racist state of America persists

It’s Not Just Bigoted Cops—Ferguson Has Seen a Century of Racist Policies

Black Women Activists Talk Back: How We Can End Street Harassment Through Transformative Justice

Beyond Ferguson — Unrepresentative Democracy in City Elections

The CHRONIC Case Of When The Hood Gets Overlooked

Jim Crow returns: Millions of voters of color threatened by electoral purge

Jay Z, Kerry Washington, John Legend and More, Chose Schools Over Prisons

Poor Kids Are Starving for Words

‘Born and raised’ Texans forced to prove identities under new voter ID law

The Official Michael Brown Autopsy Report Doesn’t Say What the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Says It Does

The White Problem

Lenny Lacy: A New Generation’s Strange Fruit

An anti-Ebola march in SW Philadelphia: “I’m a West African – not a virus.”

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Janay Rice on Ray Rice costume: ‘It’s sad that my suffering amuses others’

Report: Chicago Police Are Getting Away With Brutality, And Most Of It Is Against Minorities

The “Dear White People” syndrome: Why movies are obsessed with light-skinned black characters

“I am Darren Wilson”: St. Louis and the geography of fear

Police Violence and Youth Resistance: “Mike Brown Means We Got to Fight Back!”

He’s Only Successful Because He’s Gay?

The Nod: A Subtle Lowering of the Head You Give to Another Black Person in an Overwhelmingly White Place

Wall Street lacks diversity

This is what the legacy of ‘white privilege’ looks like in Bill O’Reilly’s hometown

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