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Protesters denounce GOP tax bill, demand education, health care for all

As Congress scrambles to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the GOP tax bill before Christmas, a nascent resistance movement is growing. On December 9 students and working people marched from the Ohio Statehouse to the office of Senator…

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Will Jim Crow Strip & Flip the Alabama Senate Race?

While the whole world watches Tuesday’s Alabama US Senate election, race-based battles behind the scenes could decide the outcome.


They focus on likely stripping of voter rolls to prevent African-Americans from casting their…

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Columbus City Council format gets the smackdown from civil rights law experts: Columbus Black elected officials comfortable with racially discriminatory elections

Columbus City Council members opened up their emails on November 20 to find a letter from Leah Aden, Senior Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (the “LDF”) calling for their attention. The LDF, which President Obama once called “simply the…

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2017 Taught us the G.O.P. Is Not A Utopia

We finished at most 25 percent, or hopefully 50 percent, of suffering through a horrible new presidency. 2018 will emerge as a chance for state and congressional changes – albeit one where money, gerrymandering and racism will try to destroy our…

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