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Cultural extinction

Louisiana’s coastal communities fear they may never recover from BP’s drilling disaster by Jordan Flaherty Before the BP blowout, Black oyster fishermen would return to port with a mountain of oysters....

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Dr. King and the 1955-1956 Montgomery bus boycott

A year-long boycott begins a life of peaceful protest and service by Charlene Crowell Depicting the spirit of the Montgomery bus boycott, this cartoon by Laura Gray first appeared in The Militant on...

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Betty McGee: Living for others

by Keith Burbank “A life not lived for others is not a life” – Mother Theresa. Betty McGee Betty McGee, PhD, serves as the Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Resource Center’s (HERC)...

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Wanda’s Picks for April 2012

by Wanda Sabir Wanda’s niece, Wilda Aiysah Batin, about six years ago Congratulations to my niece, Wilda Batin, for being honored by the City of San Francisco in February for Black History Month as one...

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Two years after the BP drilling disaster, Gulf residents fear for the future

by Jordan Flaherty Art Rocker, who chairs Operation People for Peace, and Dr. E. Faye Williams, chair of the National Congress of Black Women, lead a march with hundreds of protestors in front of the...

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Solitary confinement on trial: an interview with law professor Angela A....

Her testimony goes before the first-ever congressional hearing on solitary confinement June 19 Solitary Watch is building an archive of written testimony submitted to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee...

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A quiet revolution: ‘Not Meant to Live Like This: Weathering the storm of our...

by Orissa Arend The “storm of our lives,” of course, refers to Katrina. But in my mind it also refers to the storm that WAS some people’s lives even before Katrina. The book that I’m about to review is...

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Amnesty International asks the world to demand justice for Albert Woodfox

by Ann Garrison KPFA Evening News, broadcast Nov. 9 http://www.anngarrison.com/sites/default/files/mp3/Albert-Woodfox-Amnesty-International.mp3 KPFA Evening News Anchor: Amnesty International has...

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Wanda’s Picks for January 2015

by Wanda Sabir Happy New Year! Happy Birthday to my granddaughter Brianna, niece Wilda and friend Fred T. I am still smiling about America’s new relationship with Cuba and the freed Cuban 5. If you are...

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‘Katrina: After the Flood’

Review by Orissa Arend A man carries a baby after the Superdome was evacuated following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. – Photo: U.S. Navy The New York Times sent Gary Rivlin to Baton Rouge and New...

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The Ricky Davis affair: A Hurricane Katrina story

by Curtis Davis On Aug. 29, 2005, the U.S. Gulf Coast was struck by a monstrous Category 5 hurricane. Meteorologists gave her the name Katrina, which means to cleanse. Curtis Ray Davis II sits in the...

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New video shows Alton Sterling wasn’t holding a gun when he was killed by police

Graphic footage depicts police officers in Louisiana shooting Sterling multiple times. An angry Charley Roggerson, standing in the parking lot where Alton Sterling had been murdered by police only...

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