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Race Riots

Dis-membering Stonewall

Irene Monroe | Posted 08.26.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Stonewall Riots, Gay Rights, Race Riots, Homophobia, Police Brutality, Stonewall Inn, Gay Pride, Gay Issues, Racial Profiling, Gay Voices News
Irene Monroe

Those brown and black LGBTQ people have been bleached from the written history of that night. Many LGBTQ blacks and Latinos argue that one of the reasons for the gulf between whites and themselves is the fact that the dominant queer community rewrote the narrative of Stonewall.

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Rodney King: An Imperfect Victim Who Died a Perfect Hero

Janice Harper | Posted 08.18.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Racism, Police Abuse, Race Riots, Police Misconduct, Reconciliation, Rodney King, Robert Champion Case, Black Voices News
Janice Harper

Too often when considering injustice, we want perfect victims -- the victim who did nothing to provoke others, whose moral code remains unblemished. But if justice were the privilege of the perfect, there wouldn't be much need for it.

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Is the Tea Party Future Unfolding in London?

Alan Singer | Posted 10.12.2011 | Politics
Read More: Harlem, Poverty, United Kingdom, Brooklyn, Great Britain, Race Riots, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Tea Party, London, London Riots, New York City, Politics News
Alan Singer

I worry we are seeing the Tea Party future unfolding in London. It is a future where the wealthiest citizens are not taxed and vital health, educational, and welfare services for everyone else are cut.

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90 Years On: A Look Back At The Tulsa Race Riot

Adrian Margaret Brune | Posted 07.22.2011 | Impact
Read More: The Nation, Walter F White, Tulsa-Oklahoma, Tulsa Race Riots, Race Riots, Walter White, Racism, Tulsa Race Riot, Civil Rights, Naacp, Impact News
Adrian Margaret Brune

Despite the efforts of journalists over the years, Tulsans always managed to sweep the riot's history under the rug. For nearly eight decades, the riot remained Tulsa's closeted skeleton.

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What For Sterilization Victims?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Unc, Sterilization, Race, Greensboro, Wilmington 1898 Race Riot, Race Riots, North Carolina, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

North Carolina has named an executive director of the N. C. Justice for Victims of Sterilization Foundation, Charmaine Fuller Cooper. Upon her nominat...

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Race Riots Grip Italian Town Rosarno, and Mafia Is Suspected

nytimes.com | RACHEL DONADIO | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Italy, La Repubblica, Race Riots Italy, Italy Mafia, Rosarno Riots, Race Riots Rosarno, Race Riots, Rosarno Italy, Rosarno, Mafia, Race, Calabria, World News

ROME -- More than a thousand African workers were put aboard buses and trains in the southern Italian region of Calabria over the weekend and shipped ...

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"Driving While Black," "Negro Riots," and Two Nations

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Driving While Black, Negro Riots, Riots, Race Riots, Watts, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

On August 11, 1965, an all-too-frequent stop of a black man by a white police officer exploded into one of the worst urban riots in American history.

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We Are So Angry That We've Lost Our Minds

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: JP Morgan Chase, U.S. Economy, Congress, Stock Market, Race Riots, Aig Bonuses, Economic Crisis, President Obama, Aig, Barack Obama, Goldman Sachs, Senate, U.S. Senate, Economic Stimulus Package, Morgan Stanley, Financial Crisis, Bank Bailout, Bonuses, Business News
Larry Gellman

President Obama says we should stay angry but express our outrage in productive ways. I say we should get rid of the anger altogether.

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Turning Purple: Michigan Voters Indecisive, Overlooked and Just Plain Unaware

Dan Treul | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Auto Industry, Flint, The Big Three, Secession, Michiganders, Huckabee Cross, Michigan Auto Industry, Mlk, Huckabee Floating Cross, Upper Peninsula Secession, Michigan Culture, Floating Cross, 2008 Presidential Election, Primaries, Michigan Primary, Mitt Romney, Presidential Politics, Detroit, Weird Michigan, Michigan, Michigan Politics, John McCain, Michigan Upper Peninsula, Martin Luther King, Race Riots, Presidential Election, Martin Luther King Jr., The Big 3, Presidential Candidates, Upper Peninsula, Jan. 15 Primary, 2008 Election, Pictured Rocks, Purple States, Dr. King, Labor Unions, Big 3, Mike Huckabee, Hillary Clinton, Michigan Voters, Home News
Dan Treul

A little more than two weeks away from this state's January 15 primary, I have yet to hear a single person mention his or her intention to vote.

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