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Democrats: A Vote for Third Party is a Vote for Trump?
The most recent appeal from the Democratic party "warning" voters that a vote for a third party candidate is like a vote for Trump is evidence of a real shift in the awareness of the American people. First, let me clarify: A vote for Trump is a vote for Trump; A vote...
Settler Colonialism on Trial at Standing Rock
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s remarkable struggle to stop the Dakota Access oil pipeline sparked a movement. Thousands of people – including representatives from more than 180 indigenous nations – traveled to North Dakota in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux...
Prison Strike in the U.S.: Demanding The Right To Be Human
Thousands of incarcerated men and women throughout the United States are participating in a coordinated strike to protest the inhumane conditions in U.S. prisons. The United States currently imprisons over 2.4 million people -- far more than any other country in the...
Are you surprised by the response of the DCCC?
The leaked memo from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) about how to deal with Black Lives Matter should not surprise anybody. Nor should anyone be surprised that the memo’s author now works for the Clinton campaign. This memo is consistent with...
Statement on Colombia Peace Agreement
The peace agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC is an important step in bringing peace to the countless victims of this war. In the last 25 years alone, armed actors forced nearly six million people out of their homes. Our black and indigenous...
Who Should be in Prison?
With the highest population of prisoners in the world (we're 4% of the world's population but house 22% of the world's prisoners), it is imperative that we re-evaluate the way our country attempts to create order, peace and stability. Because when the systems that are...
Community Forum 8/19: Answers to your Facebook Questions
Do you accept that there are people that wish to harm American lives, or American principles, who can be dealt with in no other way than a "kinetic solution?"There’s no question about there being individuals and factions that want to do the US harm. The US has...
Crucial Context: The Floods in Louisiana
Crucial Context: The Floods in LouisianaWhen Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast 11 years ago, the entire world bore witness as the homes of the primarily poor and black residents of the region washed away. In the aftermath of the storm, I worked alongside...
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