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With the excitement following the announcement of the forthcoming publication of Harper Lee’s second book, Kay Whitlock and Michael Bronski take a fresh, critical look at the way in which To Kill a Mockingbird frames its discussion of racial violence and responsibility for both perpetrating and dismantling it.
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This eulogy for the Reverend James Reeb (January 1, 1927—March 11, 1965), who was killed 50 years ago, was delivered by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Brown Chapel, Selma, Alabama, March 15, 1965.
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You might expect that locked up young kids are on the lowest rung of that ladder both on the block and in the general prison population. But it goes lower: incarcerated women, what I call the invisible prison population.
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In an excerpt from A Matter of Breeding: A Biting History of Pedigree Dogs and How the Quest for Status Has Harmed Man’s Best Friend, Michael Brandow looks at what it takes for a dog to be considered a show-worthy.
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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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