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“In an America...Black people ‘are considered dangerous even when they are in their living rooms eating ice cream, asleep in their beds, playing in the park, standing in the pulpit of their church, birdwatching, exercising in public, or walking..."

Enslaved people’s health was ignored from the country’s beginning, laying the groundwork for today’s health disparities

A tipster e-mailed the Minneapolis Police Department identifying him as a member of the Hells Angels biker gang

Local prosecutors shouldn’t trust the reports of officers with prior misconduct. Local prosecutors must use the power and discretion afforded them to carry out sweeping reforms that will protect the public — especially Black communities...

Only in the U.S.A. does a large section of the population think owning an assault weapon is a sacred right, but wearing a mask in a pandemic is a restriction on liberty.

Owners like Kelly Loeffler, Dan Snyder and Woody Johnson shouldn’t be pushed out for their views, but for their behavior if that behavior promotes hate toward marginalized groups

The strike for Black Lives highlights the fundamental link between worker rights and racial justice. This growing alliance also addresses the dual role of police in repressing both worker organizing and black and other communities of color.

Sharp reductions in spending on police, prisons, and the Pentagon could free up hundreds of billions of dollars for programs that might begin to fill the gap in spending on public investments in communities of color and elsewhere.

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