“It is clear that Chu’s empathy was with Potter, and not the Wright family.”
Opinion
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Banning history is racist: stand up, fight back!
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For two decades now, the U.S. government has been blowing up innocent people in the Middle East.
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Act now to protect voting rights and preserve the nation
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Martin Luther King Jr. was a union man
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The big problem is the Big Lie
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Grants from the Israeli Consulate should be returned
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Jury verdicts reflect influence of Black Lives Matter
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Support Nikole Hannah-Jones and the 1619 Project
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Guilty verdict against Kim Potter is a powerful step towards police accountability
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AG Ellison: Potter conviction provides ‘measure of accountability’ on ‘long road to justice’
‘We have a measure of accountability for Daunte’s death.’
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U.S. Senate must pass the EQUAL Act
Statistics show that for decades Black and Brown people have received harsher sentences due to the differences in how crack and powder cocaine offenses were viewed in the eyes of the law.
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Global cooperation essential to beat COVID-19
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The transgender experience in prison
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Stop normalizing Islamophobia
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