racism
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The Last Hurrah of the “Silent Majority”?
This article was originally posted by Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. By Michael Javen Fortner With audacity and grace, the “Mothers of the Movement” have reminded us of the humanity of their slain children and the inhumanity of the racist practices that took those innocent lives. Standing united at the Democratic National Convention, in the city…
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Challenging Racism at Work
This post was originally published in the Spring 2015 issue of New Labor Forum. By Sarah Jaffe Cameron McLay became chief of police in Pittsburgh in September 2014, tasked by new mayor Bill Peduto with cleaning up the department, after its former chief wound up in federal prison for corruption. This put him in charge at…
