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Category: Activism
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Ben, America won’t change until enough white people change. You have the unique benefit of using your celebrity to make a difference. All people of European descent can use our power and privilege, to whatever degree we have them, to make a positive difference.
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Every single one of us has power. I believe this trajectory is our best hope.
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We can propel #blacklivesmatter and other justice movements by imagining the society we want to live in. Dr. King’s was the “Beloved Community.” For me, that means a society where no neighborhood or school is overwhelmed by poverty. Where a young man of any color can walk down the street, wearing what he wants, and…
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It’s past high time to strengthen the authority of civilian police review boards, and to create them in places where they don’t exist.
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On Dec 17th, Governor Cuomo announced that he would ban fracking in New York State because of health concerns. It’s a huge victory for activists, say Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald, authors of “The Real Cost of Fracking,” but there’s more work to be done to make New York truly safe.
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For International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, Melinda Chateauvert, author of SEX WORKERS UNITE, debunks the myth of the “Swedish Model” of prostitution and similar “end demand” laws that not only fail to protect sex workers, but actively put them in harm’s way.
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