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When stopping racist killer cops is needed, Biden endorses more police

March 2, 2022 John Parker
The Washington Post Fatal Shootings database reports 7,087 people shot and killed by the police since 2015. Even before we talk about racist police murder in the U.S. we have to say that that is […]
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Brian Flores lawsuit exposes NFL racism

February 15, 2022 Steven Ceci
Everyone in the sports world should unite in solidarity with Brian Flores for standing up against racism in the National Football League (NFL). The NFL is being called out as a racist institution – particularly […]
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Racism + COVID = death

February 11, 2022 Stephen Millies
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. declared that “of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.”  The COVID-19 pandemic is more proof Dr. King was right. Death rates […]
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Baltimore: Racist campaign targets Marilyn Mosby

February 8, 2022 Lev Koufax
On Jan. 12, the U.S. Department of Justice brought criminal charges of perjury and false mortgage applications against Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, a Black woman who has served in the position since 2015.  […]
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Behind Georgia’s epidemic of police killings

February 5, 2022 Lizz Toledo
Atlanta – “More than a third of all Georgians fatally shot by law enforcement since 2010 were killed at home,” according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Channel 2 Action News investigation. When police respond to a call […]
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Minnesota police kill man in Minneapolis apartment, making three victims in 66 days

February 3, 2022 Niko Georgiades
Minneapolis – A SWAT officer from the Minneapolis Police Department killed a man after busting into a downtown Minneapolis apartment at 7 a.m. on February 2. The victim has been identified by the community as […]
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Murder and voting rights

January 29, 2022 Stephen Millies
The Moore home after the bomb explosion Photo: Moore Cultural ComplexHarriette Moore and Harry T. Moore died for the right to vote. The Ku Klux Klan bombed their Mims, Florida, home on Christmas Day in […]
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For first time in 37 years: No cops, ICE or military in large MLK Caravan for Social Justice in Los Angeles

January 20, 2022 Struggle-La Lucha Los Angeles bureau
Los Angeles, Jan. 17 — More than a hundred cars and floats joined the MLK Day Caravan for Social Justice down Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, decorated with anti-racist, anti-imperialist, pro-people slogans reflecting today’s struggles. […]
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Martin Luther King Day March organizers say ‘no cops in the commemoration’

January 7, 2022 John Parker
Los Angeles – The Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice, Martin Luther King Coalition, Unión del Barrio, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement, Coalition to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, South Central Tenants Union, Puerto Rican […]
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On the racist, homophobic frameup trial of Jussie Smollett

December 14, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
Statement from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression Frank Chapman, Executive Director Chicago’s Criminal Justice System has once again distinguished itself with the legal lynching of a Black Gay person, Jussie Smollett. The […]