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Friday, 01 May 2015 00:00

'Same Story Every Time': Baltimore Solidarity Actions Sweep U.S.

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The crowd at the Baltimore solidarity action Minneapolis was estimated at between 1,500-2,000.

Thousands marched—mostly peacefully—in cities including Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C.

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Saturday, 25 April 2015 00:00

Tensions Boil Over After Baltimore Police Call Protesters 'Lynch Mob'

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Residents kneel down, raising their hands to the sky behind concrete barriers placed there to expand the barriers of the Western District of the Baltimore Police as marchers take to the streets for another day of protests over the death of local resident Freddie Gray, while in police custody.

Demonstrators still seeking answers over the mysterious and troubling death of Freddie Gray, who died of a spinal injury while in the custody of the Baltimore Police Department, circled City Hall on Thursday after Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced that he had called in state troopers to help quell the protests.

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Thursday, 16 April 2015 00:00

Seizing on Latest Police Killing, National Protests Declare: 'This Must Stop!'

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Seizing on Latest Police Killing, National Protests Declare: 'This Must Stop!'

Seizing on the growing backlash against police brutalization and discriminatory mass incarceration, people across the country on Tuesday took to the streets. With mass demonstrations, sit-ins, and blockades, protesters in 30 cities demanded an end to "business as usual" within the U.S. criminal justice system.

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Monday, 13 April 2015 00:00

How our police became soldiers (and how we can change them back)

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Protesters at Westlake Park last weekend displayed the photos and names of citizens killed by law enforcement.

Back in June, Seattle resident Oscar Perez Giron committed the most minor of crimes, and ended up dead.

When fare enforcement officers approached 23-year-old Giron and his two companions on the light rail and asked for proof of fare payment, they could only produce two valid ticket stubs.

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Saturday, 11 April 2015 00:00

‘It’s Racist As Hell': Inside St. Louis County’s Predatory Night Courts

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‘It’s Racist As Hell': Inside St. Louis County’s Predatory Night Courts

In 2004, Sean Bailey recalls, he was driving through the streets of St. Louis County en route to a party, when he saw a familiar black-and-white car out of the corner of his eye. He reached for his phone to warn the friend he was following to slow down, but it was too late; the cop blared his siren and pulled up behind him. Bailey, who had a warrant stemming from a failure to appear in court for unpaid traffic tickets, felt a familiar pang of anxiety. He knew exactly what was going to happen next.

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Friday, 03 April 2015 00:00

Guilty of Being Poor

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Guilty of Being Poor

When a community issues arrest warrants for more offenses than it has residents, something's deeply wrong.

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Wednesday, 25 March 2015 00:00

Nearly 200 Groups Urge President Obama to Take Executive Action Adopting Fair-Chance Hiring Reforms for People with Records

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Nearly 200 Groups Urge President Obama to Take Executive Action Adopting Fair-Chance Hiring Reforms for People with Records

In a letter to be presented to the White House today, nearly 200 civil rights, faith-based organizing, criminal justice, and social justice reform groups are calling on President Obama to take immediate executive action to ensure that federal agencies and contractors remove unnecessary barriers to employment for qualified job candidates who have an arrest or conviction in their past.

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Saturday, 07 March 2015 00:00

From Crispus Attucks to Michael Brown: Race and Revolution

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A depiction of the Boston Massacre, which included the murder of Crispus Attucks by British soldiers, by artist William L. Champey, circa 1856. The lithograph, created decades after the Revolutionary War was over, became a symbol for the Abolitionist movement leading up to the Civil War.

March 5 marks an important but oft-overlooked anniversary. On a winter’s day 245 years ago, in the year 1770, an angry crowd formed in Boston, then the capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. People were enraged by the extortionate taxes imposed by the British Parliament. In order to quell the public furor, the British sent troops, who violently quashed dissent.

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Friday, 27 February 2015 00:00

We're marching in Selma next week so that one day, every kid can wear a hoodie and not get shot

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We're marching in Selma next week so that one day, every kid can wear a hoodie and not get shot

It was exactly three years ago today that Trayvon Martin made the fatal mistake of putting on his hoodie and walking to a Florida convenience store at dusk for a cold drink and a pack of Skittles.

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Friday, 20 February 2015 00:00

Pot State US Congressmen Introduce Federal Marijuana Legalization Bills

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Pot State US Congressmen Introduce Federal Marijuana Legalization Bills

Marijuana is already legal in four states and DC, and 23 states have medical marijuana. Now, a pair of federal legalization bills are in the hopper. Two congressmen from two states where marijuana is already legal under state law today filed two separate bills to legalize marijuana at the federal level. Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) introduced a bill that would allow states to legalize marijuana without fear of federal intervention, while Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced a bill that would tax marijuana at the federal level, in addition to any state taxes. The bills were not yet available on congressional web sites as of this afternoon.

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