The New Jim Crow, book cover
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Rating: 5 of 5 stars
Pros: Detailed analysis of history, politics, and law, Mind-blowing insights, Content…
I read the book on Kindle and highly recommend it.
The book flows well. It’s full of frustrating facts of U.S. hypocrisy.
Click through to read the full review by Charles Franklin.
Today he funds or supports 22 American companies, but entrepreneur Manu Kumar was once almost deported. Here’s why he supports March for Innovation.
More people mean more job creators and more employee’s to contribute to the economy.
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Walk the aisles of any neighborhood grocery store today and you’re as likely to find tomatoes picked in Sinaloa, Mexico, as Central California or oranges from Sao Paulo, Brazil, as Bradenton, Fla.
First the U.S. exported manufacturing jobs, now the U.S. is exporting harvesting jobs.
The U.S. is growing more dependant on foreign countries to feed itself.
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The National Congress of American Indians has produced a graphic putting the racially-charged stereotypes of sports organizations into a pretty simple context.
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The SPLC filed a federal lawsuit today against the town of Shannon, Miss., its mayor and its aldermen for unjustly denying a business license to a bar catering to the LGBT community.
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Gay Mormons: Wendy And Tom Montgomery Lead Push To Change LDS Church Stance On Homosexuality.
The family of Jack Lamar Roberson never thought that he would be gunned down by police when they sought medical attention for the diabetic. But that’s exactly what happened when an ambulance was called for Roberson.
Tim Wise shared this on Facebook.
PS – I am scared to death to call 911
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Nat Turner’s Revolution Nat Turner’s rebellion, also called the Southampton Insurrection, is probably the most famous slave uprising in North America.
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Last month The Atlantic article ‘Did the Wrong Man Spend 40 Years in Solitary Confinement?’ asked the question ‘ a sham trial in Louisiana says about the U.S. court system’. Andrew Cohen explains …
Herman Wallace is dying, so he is not really free. His life is over.
How many European-Americans have been held in solitary confinement for anywhere near this long?
Solitary confinement is cruel and unusual punishment.
This story is further evidence that the U.S. does not apply punishment equally across racial lines.
In the U.S. we often hear about human rights violoations in other countries, but how often does the U.S. address our own human rights violations?
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