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How Lenders Are Turning Low-Level Courts Into Dickensian “Debt Collection Mills”
“A Pound of Flesh: the Criminalization of Private Debt,” the ACLU report, sheds light for the first time on the frequency of modern-day debt imprisonment, estimating that courts are issuing tens of thousands of arrest warrants each year for debtors owing as little as $30. 24 more words
Vietnam War: Why Johnson Sacked McNamara in 1967
This is What We Do
The Vietnam War
Directed by Ken Burn and Lyn Novick
Film Review
This week, Maori TV showed Episode 5 of the Vietnam War series, which covers 1967. 214 more words
Huge Organizing Effort, '40 Days of Action' Launching to Fight Poverty
It became obvious that the powers that be in these states are suppressing the vote, polluting the environment, discriminating against LGBTQ folks, and holding wages down. 2,004 more words
The Reagan Era: Turning Back Racial Equality Gains
Originally Published: 03/11/2013 10:20 am ET │Updated May 11, 2013
The Black Freedom struggle of the 1950s and 1960s, popularly referred to as the Civil Rights Movement, tore down Jim Crow segregation in law and in many cases in practice. 702 more words
