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Conviction: Free after 25 years of unjust imprisonment
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Conviction: Free after 25 years of unjust imprisonment

Al Jazeera  

After a quarter-century behind bars, Brandon Jackson is fighting back against Louisiana’s last Jim Crow law. In 48 states, it would have been a mistrial, and he may have walked free, but Louisiana’s Jim Crow-era laws, designed to lock up Black defendants, allowed for nonunanimous jury convictions. Over time, he finds community in a support group for formerly imprisoned people, …

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What is 'digital blackface'? Why is there so much outrage over it?
1 year, 8 months ago

What is 'digital blackface'? Why is there so much outrage over it?

Firstpost  

Critics have likened ‘digital blackface’ to minstrel shows – which have their origins in the 19th Century; some consider it the first uniquely American form of entertainment. According to CNN, ‘digital blackface’ is defined as “…a practice where White people co-opt online expressions of Black imagery, slang, catchphrases or culture to convey comic relief or express emotions.” The CNN article …

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India's V-shape economic recovery is not anything to crow about: Raghuram Rajan | Exclusive
3 years ago

India's V-shape economic recovery is not anything to crow about: Raghuram Rajan | Exclusive

India Today  

In an interview with India Today TV Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said India's V-shape economic recovery is not anything to crow about. "Create a bad enough downturn and the recovery will always be V-shaped," Raghuram Rajan said, adding, India needs to do a lot of things to get the growth it truly deserves. Good news …

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Voting rights: What Manchin and Sinema can learn from the Lincoln Republicans
3 years, 5 months ago

Voting rights: What Manchin and Sinema can learn from the Lincoln Republicans

CNN  

CNN — By the standards Democratic Sens. “If you had the same formula some are suggesting now – ‘We’ve got to have a Republican or we can’t put this fire out’ – you wouldn’t have had the 14th or 15th amendments if that had been operative back then,” says Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland, one of the lead sponsors …

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The history of the US police
3 years, 6 months ago

The history of the US police

Al Jazeera  

From slave patrols to the criminalisation of Black communities, racism has been a feature of US policing for centuries. Floyd’s death – along with his final words, “I can’t breathe” – sparked global protests that condemned not only the fatal acts of police brutality in the United States that disproportionately affect Black people, but also the institution of law enforcement …

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Biden assails new Georgia voting law: ‘This is Jim Crow in the 21st century’
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden assails new Georgia voting law: ‘This is Jim Crow in the 21st century’

LA Times  

During his first news conference Thursday, President Biden sharply criticized Republican efforts to increase voting restrictions. President Biden on Friday denounced a new Georgia law that would make it harder to vote in the state, one of many Republican efforts across the country to restrict access to the ballot box. “This law, like so many others being pursued by Republicans …

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GOP dreams of a return to Jim Crow — and not just through racist voting laws
3 years, 9 months ago

GOP dreams of a return to Jim Crow — and not just through racist voting laws

Salon  

It is the year 2021. These attacks on Black people's freedom and their human and civil rights — which were won in blood — involves dreams of a return to the Jim Crow era of "separate but equal," with literacy tests, poll taxes, felon disenfranchisement, gerrymandering, terrorism and armed intimidation, threats of imprisonment and arbitrary movement of polling places, all …

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