Aspects of the report are disturbing. Over the last year, the black unemployment rate has risen 0.2 percentage points to 6.7 percent and the white unemployment rate has dropped 0.4 percentage point to 3.1 percent. The rise is all among black men.
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“The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses.” – Utah Phillips
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A top sports court has ruled that Caster Semenya would have to take hormone suppressants in order to “ensure fair competition in women’s sports”
After viewing the 1980 film, a cross section of women recognized the persistent sexism—but noted a host of newer problems a remake would have to address
Pete Seeger would have turned 100 today. Few figures in American history have lived as influential and deeply radical lives as he did. Let's celebrate him today.
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