By Bruce Hartford, April 2021 One of the great achievements of the long civil rights movement was establishing a broad consensus that
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In 1900, Montgomery, Alabama. passed a city ordinance for the purpose of segregating bus passengers by race. Conductors had the power to assign seats to carry out that purpose; however, no passengers were required to move or give up their
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Despite growing up in a Midwestern, quintessential American small town in Ohio, I have never felt deeply connected to the term patriot. Don’t get me wrong — while I have not always
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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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“This set of falsehoods is typical of the conduct of the Memphis D.A’s office during this period.”from Owens v. Guida 549 F.3d 399, 425 (6th Cir.2008), Senior Justice Merritt dissenting Vern Braswell
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A Black defendant's evidence vanishes and none of the judges bat an eye. Corruption and systemic racial inequalities allow injustices to thrive.
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Yesterday, Donald Trump came closer to achieving his radical immigration agenda when the 9th Circuit Appeals Court overturned an injunction barring President Trump from terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 400,000
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In 1900, Montgomery, Alabama. passed a city ordinance for the purpose of segregating bus passengers by race. Conductors had the power to assign seats to carry out that purpose; however, no passengers
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Andrea Freeman, professor at the University of Hawaii, and author of the book “Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice,” discusses the Fultz quadruplets, and their lifelong exploitation at the hands of their doctor, who sold
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