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Michelle Alexander | Learning to Walk
Michelle Alexander, Michelle Alexander's Facebook Page
Alexander writes: "The truth is we are stumbling badly in large part because we are just beginning to learn to walk. Roughly 50 years ago, we still had an explicitly racist system of laws and government: a racial caste system. It was not a true democracy by any stretch. We still don't have a real democracy. And we've managed to rebirth a new caste-like system in recent years, a new Jim Crow. In the words of William Faulkner, 'The past is never dead. It's not even past.'"
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Michelle Alexander, Michelle Alexander's Facebook Page
Alexander writes: "The truth is we are stumbling badly in large part because we are just beginning to learn to walk. Roughly 50 years ago, we still had an explicitly racist system of laws and government: a racial caste system. It was not a true democracy by any stretch. We still don't have a real democracy. And we've managed to rebirth a new caste-like system in recent years, a new Jim Crow. In the words of William Faulkner, 'The past is never dead. It's not even past.'"
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Trump's Vast Web of Conflicts: A User's Guide
Darren Samuelsohn, Politico
Samuelsohn writes: "An agency-by-agency look at the ethics challenges flowing from Trump's sprawling business empire."
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Darren Samuelsohn, Politico
Samuelsohn writes: "An agency-by-agency look at the ethics challenges flowing from Trump's sprawling business empire."
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Police Officer Charged With Manslaughter Over Shooting Death of Philando Castile
Kyle Potter and Amy Forliti, Associated Pres
Excerpt: "A Minnesota police officer has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the killing of Philando Castile, a black man whose girlfriend streamed the gruesome aftermath of the fatal shooting live on Facebook, prosecutors announced Wednesday."
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Kyle Potter and Amy Forliti, Associated Pres
Excerpt: "A Minnesota police officer has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the killing of Philando Castile, a black man whose girlfriend streamed the gruesome aftermath of the fatal shooting live on Facebook, prosecutors announced Wednesday."
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Muslim-Hating Conspiracy Theorist Frank Gaffney Advising Trump's Transition Team
Jon Schwarz, The Intercept
Schwarz writes: "According to the Wall Street Journal, Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security Policy, has joined Donald Trump's transition team to work on national security issues. Trump's campaign has denied that Gaffney is officially part of the transition, and the New York Times is reporting that Trump is merely relying on 'advice' from Gaffney."
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Jon Schwarz, The Intercept
Schwarz writes: "According to the Wall Street Journal, Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security Policy, has joined Donald Trump's transition team to work on national security issues. Trump's campaign has denied that Gaffney is officially part of the transition, and the New York Times is reporting that Trump is merely relying on 'advice' from Gaffney."
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Twitter Suspends Multiple Alt-Right Accounts in an Effort to Crack Down on Hate Speech
The Cut, New York Magazine
Excerpt: "Twitter suspended several social-media accounts linked to the alt-right movement on Tuesday, as part of its effort to crack down on 'hate speech.'"
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The Cut, New York Magazine
Excerpt: "Twitter suspended several social-media accounts linked to the alt-right movement on Tuesday, as part of its effort to crack down on 'hate speech.'"
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Neil Young Celebrates 71st Birthday Performing at Standing Rock Protest Site
Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone
Kreps writes: "Neil Young celebrated his 71st birthday with some activism Saturday as the singer visited Standing Rock, site of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, to perform for those involved in the standoff."
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Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone
Kreps writes: "Neil Young celebrated his 71st birthday with some activism Saturday as the singer visited Standing Rock, site of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, to perform for those involved in the standoff."
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Social Movements Warn COP22 Could Accelerate Climate Catastrophe
teleSUR
Excerpt: "While much criticism of the Paris deal and COP22 has highlighted world leaders' failure to create a roadmap for a timely transition away from fossil fuels to clean energy, debates over the future model of agriculture - and its impacts on land ownership and food sovereignty - are also key."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "While much criticism of the Paris deal and COP22 has highlighted world leaders' failure to create a roadmap for a timely transition away from fossil fuels to clean energy, debates over the future model of agriculture - and its impacts on land ownership and food sovereignty - are also key."
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