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Forty Years Later, Still Far From the Mountaintop

By Isaiah J. Poole
April 2nd, 2008
“You know, Jesus reminded us in a magnificent parable one day that a man went to hell because he didn't see the poor. … And I come by here to say that America, too, is going to hell, if we don't use her wealth. more »
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Pat Buchanan's Racist Rant

By Isaiah J. Poole
March 24th, 2008

MSNBC has another Imus problem, and his name is Pat Buchanan. more »

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Lessons from the 1960s for 21st-Century Change

By Isaiah J. Poole
March 18th, 2008

The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Roger Wilkins embrace after speeches Tuesday at the Take Back America conference. Photo by Michael Temchine.The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Roger Wilkins — an activist outsider and a White House insider in the 1960s — say that today's progressive movement needs to lay claim to the successes of the 1960s in order to advance its agenda in 2008 and beyond. “The third rail is where the energy is, where the power is, where the fire is,” Jackson said. The focus of this year's Take Back America conference has been the need to build an independent progressive movement ready to hold accountable whoever controls the White House and Congress.

Check the conference home page for more of the action at Take Back America 2008.

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Fixing Our Criminal Injustice System

By Alan Jenkins
March 11th, 2008
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Two interrelated and unacceptable trends have emerged: warehousing over rehabilitation and bias over equal justice. The priorities that should drive our justice system—crime prevention, protection of the public, and fair treatment for all—have given way to the unwise and unequal approach of “prison-fits-all.” more »

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One in Nine: Conservatism's Strange Fruit

By Isaiah J. Poole
February 29th, 2008

New Power, New Vision for Social JusticeOne in 100 is bad enough. One in nine is a full-blown national tragedy — one aided and abetted by conservative ideology. It's time they were called into account. more »

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The Return of Redemption

December 17th, 2007
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Equal justice is not just the absence of intentional discrimination but the presence of fairness. more »

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Black America's Nightmare

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December 17th, 2007
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alternet.org — After forty years of fighting for equality, the black/white income gap has risen instead of fallen.

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Federal Government Destroys New Orleans' Low-Income Housing

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December 17th, 2007
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nytimes.com — As more and more Katrina survivors become homeless, the federal government is tearing down thousands of New Orleans' low-income apartments.

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Human Rights Daze

December 13th, 2007
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Here's how the United States' limited view of human rights dishonors the term. more »

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Hate Crimes Expansion Dropped from Defense Bill

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December 7th, 2007
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nytimes.com — Congressional maneuvering caused Democratic leadership to drop a measure expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation and gender identity from a defense appropriations bill.

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