Posts Tagged ‘crime’
A “war on drugs” or a war on people of color?
When the head of the California division of the NAACP spoke out in support of that state’s Proposition 19 this summer, there seemed to be an equal amount of immediate praise and backlash. Alice Huffman labeled the drug war as a “civil rights issue” getting attention both on a state and national...
October 21st, 2010 | Criminal Justice, Featured | Read More
Fourteen examples of systemic racism in the U.S. criminal justice system
The biggest crime in the U.S. criminal justice system is that it is a race-based institution where African-Americans are directly targeted and punished in a much more aggressive way than white people. Saying the US criminal system is racist may be politically controversial in some circles. But the facts...
July 26th, 2010 | Criminal Justice, Featured | Read More
Ladies and gentlemen: The U.S. (in)justice system
I’ve been reading, talking, and thinking a lot about justice lately. And the deeper I get into it, the more evident it is that our justice system isn’t meeting our needs. What we want, I think, is a justice system that produces not just rehabilitation, but redemption. Is it any wonder...
April 29th, 2010 | Criminal Justice | Read More
US human rights record challenged
Navajo Nation Council Delegate Rex Lee Jim and Onondaga Nation Faithkeeper Oren Lyons were among those who documented the ongoing violations against indigenous peoples as the United Nations reviews the United States’ compliance with human rights obligations. Photo by Valerie Taliman ALBUQUERQUE, N.M....
March 22nd, 2010 | American Indians, Featured | Read More
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Are Ohio’s Black and Latino students buoyed by a system of preferences? Not hardly
February 17, 2011 16:02
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Glen Ford: American imperialism unraveling (part 1)
February 16, 2011 10:02
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The battle of Egypt and the Western hypocrisy
February 16, 2011 09:02
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Professor Lawrence Davidson discusses Egypt, the U.S., and Israel
February 10, 2011 10:02
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Swiss miss Bush – GWB ducks Geneva criminal torture charges
February 7, 2011 11:02
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Adham Odeh: “Assange stated that Wikileaks’ primary focus is on “oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Sahar...
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GilGamesh: A site supposedly concerned with racism does an interview with the editor of the Jewish Tribal Review. Hmmm? How com...
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lc1311: This is a great article and a must read. I love this website! I hope it can enlighten generations....
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Adham Odeh: To add to what Jeff Blankfort said on being anti-isreal, its clear to me that to To be anti-Israel is to be anti-genocid...
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Jeff Blankfort: At least Kersting is consistent, using 50 words to tell his lies when one would do just as well. This is the reason he h...
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Going where Glenn Beck wouldn't: Defining White culture: My facebook and twitter friend @clyde_online, a community organizer in DC, has been pestering me to define U.S. white culture. Up until now, I've de...
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Héctor Aristizábal: Telling stories to change the world: By Dr. Alcira Dueñas This past weekend, I had the unique opportunity to attend a talk, a play, and part of a workshop by Héctor Aristizábal, a mult...
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A man of great vision departs Mount Rushmore Memorial: Gerard Baker, a member of the Mandan/Hidatsa Tribe of the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota, is a man of vision. And yet he is vilified by th...
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