Black adolescents who lived in poverty and were less optimistic about the future showed accelerated aging in their immune cells and were more likely to … Insulin resistance, advanced cell aging have links to childhood povertyRead more
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Protests in Akron After Police Shot Unarmed Jayland Walker 60+ Times
Outrage over a police shooting in Akron, Ohio, prompted mass protests over the long weekend as people gathered outside the police department’s headquarters and marched … Protests in Akron After Police Shot Unarmed Jayland Walker 60+ TimesRead more
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High incarceration rates fuel COVID-19 spread
How can government slow the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.? Look to America’s unique epidemic engines: jails and prisons in America. Extremely high rates … High incarceration rates fuel COVID-19 spreadRead more
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White boy’s club
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztbi9ldP3UU&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Ferguson Rises Mobalaji Olambiwonnu
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Children of the KKK: White Supremacists Marches Through Boston
Boston, where Mayor Michelle Wu joined federal officials Tuesday to respond to the march through downtown Boston Saturday led by a hundred members of the … Children of the KKK: White Supremacists Marches Through BostonRead more
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Charges Dropped in Deadly Water Scandal That Poisoned Majority-Black City
in Michigan, where on Tuesday the state Supreme Court threw out charges against Republican former Governor Rick Snyder, his former health director and seven other … Charges Dropped in Deadly Water Scandal That Poisoned Majority-Black CityRead more
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The Second Destruction of a Black Community in Tulsa
Donald Thompson: My dad was from Alabama, and my mother was from Louisiana, but they moved to Oklahoma with their parents back in the early … The Second Destruction of a Black Community in TulsaRead more
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A Dalit goes to court
When Bhanwari Devi’s 13 year-old daughter was raped in the bajra fields by an upper caste youth, she picked up a lathi and went after … A Dalit goes to courtRead more
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Alberuni’s Impressions of Brahminical Society in India
An excerpt from Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization by Namit Arora. Central to ‘the Hindu world of thought’, writes Alberuni, ‘is that which … Alberuni’s Impressions of Brahminical Society in IndiaRead more
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Black Politics in the USA
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqP9dQm9R8I&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Adolph Reed.