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I Cannot Remain Silent

Mike Mullen The Atlantic
Our fellow citizens are not the enemy, and must never become so, says former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Poor Neighborhoods Are Only Getting Poorer

Marie Patino CityLab
There are more communities living in poverty across U.S. metropolitan areas than there were four decades ago — and the neighborhoods that were already poor have even less now.

The Black American Amputation Epidemic

Lizzie Presser ProPublica
It is the cardinal sin of the American health system in a single surgery: save on preventive care, pay big on the backend, and let the chronically sick and underprivileged feel the extreme consequences.

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Ahmaud Arbery Holds Us Accountable

Jim Barger, Jr. The Bitter Southerner
Nobody belonged to the salt marshes of coastal Georgia more than Ahmaud Arbery. His family’s roots there run more than 200 years deep. A native of those same marshes writes about who Ahmaud was and and what his community must reckon with.
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