It’s a muggy but otherwise pleasant late summer evening. I’m having a socially distanced happy hour with my good friend and next-door
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This week’s Torah portion is Sh’lach L’cha ( Num 13:1-15:41) in which the Israelites must decide if they will respond out of courage or out of fear. Our history is replete with instances of moral reckoning, including the present moment. Leaders of the
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Stop environmental racism “Advocates urge Detroit to turn down proposed concrete crushing facility” – Detroit Free Press Environmental racism causes communities of color to face higher levels of exposure to environmental hazards when compared
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Jackson Mississippi: Mapping the racism contaminated water Republican racism contaminates the water supply in Jackson, Mississippi. “About 150,000 residents in Jackson were without safe water. Problems at one of the town’s two
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Follow DemLabs on our NEW social media! Are your purchases funding White Nationalism and Anti-Semitism? Follow the money. Republicans embrace White Nationalism and Anti-Semitism with the help of corporate donations. All talk,
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We are once again sharing these words and music by Melvin Myles in honor of Juneteenth. All of us at DemCast USA are overjoyed that Juneteenth is now a national holiday!For over
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Recently Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI-7) both stated that systemic racism does not exist in our country. On April 25, Chris Wallace of Fox News asked Graham if
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The conviction of Derek Chauvin for the tragic murder of George Floyd is just the beginning of arriving at justice for our Black citizens. Perhaps this outcome has finally awakened many of
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How Did We Get Here Vern Braswell, a Black defendant, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Sheila, in 2004 in Shelby County (Memphis), Tennessee. Sheila was discovered
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By Bruce Hartford, April 2021 One of the great achievements of the long civil rights movement was establishing a broad consensus that racism is evil. Trumpism is trying to roll back that
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As I watch images of violent white-supremacist mobs in the streets and armed Trumpites threatening to lynch election officials, I’m reminded of the lessons that we of the 1960s Freedom Movement learned
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