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African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century

An obscure legal loophole is often to blame.

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The urgency of intersectionality

Now more than ever, it's important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias -- and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term "intersectionality" to describe this phenomenon; as she says, if you're standing in the path of multiple forms of exclusion, you're likely to get hit by both. In this moving talk, she calls on us to bear witness to this reality and speak up for victims of prejudice.

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As killings surge, Chicago police solve fewer homicides

Chicago police once held one of the best clearance rates in the nation. Now they have one of the worst.

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Cointelpro

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New Study Finds Women in Arts Make Almost $20,000 Less Than Men

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A queer vision of love and marriage

Love is a tool for revolutionary change and a path toward inclusivity and understanding for the LGBTQ+ community. Married activists Tiq and Kim Katrin Milan have imagined their marriage -- as a transgender man and cis woman -- a model of possibility for people of every kind. With infectious joy, Tiq and Kim question our misconceptions about who they might be and offer a vision of an inclusive, challenging love that grows day by day.

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when basquiat took a stand against police brutality | read | i-D

Basquiat’s painting Defacement dealt with the death of fellow graffiti artist Michael Stewart at the hands of NYC police in 1983. A new project by Chaedria LaBouvier, who lost her brother to police violence, puts the painting centre stage again.

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Jean Michel Basquiat Documentary - The Radiant Chil

This is "Jean Michel Basquiat Documentary - The Radiant Chil" by lfemusiclab on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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The Ambition Interviews: A Table of Contents

Seven stories about women who were all set to rule the world—and how their careers shook out

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Black Study, Black Struggle

Christopher Metzger

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History matters. How antebellum slavery shapes contemporary Southern inequality: By the numbers

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Rich Kid, Poor Kid: For 30 Years, Baltimore Study Tracked Who Gets Ahead

Take two kids, the same age, who grew up in the same city. Which one is more likely to go to jail ... or college?

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Top Infrastructure Official Explains How America Used Highways To Destroy Black Neighborhoods

America's top road-builder is trying to force a reckoning over the misuse of infrastructure dollars to displace and dismantle poor-but-cohesive communities throughout the 20th century -- and maybe even repair some of the damage.

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STUDY: Nation's Largest Public Schools Have More Police Than Counselors

A new report found that three of America’s largest school districts invest more in policing students than in helping them.

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Sixth graders in the richest school districts are four grade levels ahead of children in the poorest districts.

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