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    Apr 11

    DEDICATION: A video tribute to Nipsey Hussle from the team at . Nipsey often spoke and rapped about dedication. We believe the best way we can honor Nipsey is to mimic his dedication to the community and to righteous goals. It was unmatched.

    DEDICATION: A video tribute to Nipsey Hussle from @TheNorthStar
    Nipsey often spoke and rapped about dedication. We believe the best way we can honor Nipsey is to mimic his dedication to the community and to righteous goals. It was unmatched.
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    3 hours ago

    On this Mother's Day weekend, American child welfare systems punish Black and Brown families, especially mothers. Here, Ms. L, a Black mother, had her children removed from her and placed in foster care, because she admitted to smoking marijuana.

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    3 hours ago

    This Mother's Day weekend, looks at issues within our criminal legal system that have disparate impact on women, especially mothers. Here, we examine how the bail bonds industry preys on poor women, especially poor women of color, for profit.

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    5 hours ago

    ESPN story on the Lakers hiring of Frank Vogel as coach -- with Jason Kidd on his staff.

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    6 hours ago

    Jason Kidd has agreed to join Vogel's Lakers staff in a prominent assistant coaching role, league sources tell ESPN.

    Frank Vogel has agreed to a deal to become the next coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, league sources tell ESPN.
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    9 hours ago

    We’re honored to have on campus to discuss “Becoming” with our “Black Women: Developing Public Leadership Skills” class, led by political science professor Dr. Marilyn Davis. The class studied the autobiography as a part of the course curriculum.

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    6 hours ago

    Today I joined students , , and to talk about the importance of celebrating our stories. By embracing our whole truth, we don’t just understand ourselves better, we open ourselves to a better understanding of everyone else’s stories too.

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    May 10

    You don’t get to spend 8 yrs telling Obama to “go back 2 Kenya,“ calling his wife a “gorilla in heels,“ disrespecting his children, being racist birthers, calling him antichrist & praying Psalm 109:8... ...and now quote Romans 13 demanding we respect the white supremacist POTUS.

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    13 hours ago

    BIG NEWS: is joining us Monday with , , and more for the final tour stop in DC where we'll launch the next phase of the campaign.

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    15 hours ago

    The luxury retreat with lobbyists working to defeat Medicare for All included chiefs of staff to Democratic Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and senior aides to GOP representatives Sean Duffy, Rodney Davis, and Will Hurd.

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    14 hours ago

    , the TX woman sentenced to 5 years for voting, has been released from prison! The ACLU and Texas Civil Rights project is helping her appeal her conviction. She needs your help!

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    20 hours ago

    Reported first in .

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    21 hours ago

    Teresa Todd was driving near Marfa Texas, when she was waved down by two siblings who'd not had food or water for two days; a third sibling could barely walk. They were also undocumented & now Todd could be indicted on federal charges of harboring aliens.

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    8 hours ago

    Alabama Prisoners Say They’ve Been Punished For Trying to Reduce Violence

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    May 10

    Decriminalizing sex work is about protecting communities of people targeted by police at alarming rates. It is unjust to create barriers for our communities and then to criminalize the work we do to survive and thrive.

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    9 hours ago

    Regarding the Israel/Palestine question, there are now only two choices for US liberals: 1) advocate a termination of US support for Israel based on the fact that it is explicitly headed toward annexation and apartheid; or 2) support an apartheid regime. There's no third option.

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    9 hours ago

    I hope every western liberal who justifies their ongoing support for the apartheid nation of Israel based on the myth of a future 2-state solution reads that Oren interview in the . Israelis aren't pretending: they intend to annex the West Bank. So you stop pretending.

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    9 hours ago

    And in the meantime, as we continue fighting for Medicare for All, a living wage, & more: Unionize your workplace. Demand a raise. And don’t stop until you get one. 💪🏽

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    13 hours ago

    Only four large companies control: -82% of the beef packing industry -85% of soybean processing -63% of pork packing -53% of chicken processing Monopolization of agriculture is unfair to food producers, consumers and the environment. We're going to change that.

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    11 hours ago

    Ultimately, living in a moral society, a good nation, means establishing some basic standards of dignity: - healthcare as a right - a living wage - public education that prepares for civil society + economy (which now shld incl college) - all people having power in the economy

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    11 hours ago

    When we say “tax the rich,” we mean nesting-doll yacht rich. For-profit prison rich. Betsy DeVos, student-loan-shark rich. Trick-the-country-into-war rich. Subsidizing-workforce-w-food-stamps rich. Because THAT kind of rich is simply not good for society, & it’s like 10 people.

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