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Where we have (mostly) condemned slavery, we as a country have refused to condemn its defenders.
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He has defined modern policing, and his influence isn’t going anywhere.
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We’re proud that we’ve survived. But we should be honest about the costs.
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At the heart of Bill Clinton’s comments about the 1994 crime bill is the belief in a natural and permanent class of criminals.
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But once there are real consequences for not having an anti-racist platform, things will be different.
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His primary victories have proved that explicit appeals to racism are politically viable again.
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This is a plan for pressuring whoever is in office, whether they are sympathetic to the causes of racial and economic justice or not.
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As politicians and pundits dismiss slavery as ancient history, we need more movies forcing us to confront its reality.
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Symbols, as powerful as they can be, are largely a distraction.
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The video didn’t matter to the prosecutor because killing black people is not a crime.
