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Used in a relentless pursuit of the elusive middle class, side hustle culture is killing Black folx

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Crisis makes clear who can afford to survive (and who cannot)

Capitalism makes us think that having our basic needs met is revolutionary. It’s a lie.

The Housing Crisis is intentional and Black communities are fighting back

Why racial disparities in U.S. maternal health are so terrible, and what you can do about it

2020 candidates are finally talking about reparations. It’s time to deepen the debate

Turning the fight to save the environment into a fight for racial justice

Black excellence?: How a school abused Black students & got fame for sending them to Ivy Leagues

7-year-old dies in Border Patrol custody after being separated from family that now disputes agency’s account

Dollar stores replace grocery stores in low-income Black communities at alarming rates, one town is fighting the surge

Texas facing lawsuit over program that forces poor people to pay fees they can’t afford for traffic violations

Serial killer says he killed 90 women. It is possible because they were all sex workers and women of color

Largest mass bailout in history releases hundreds from Rikers

San Francisco Judge blocks Trump order to suspend protected status of thousands of immigrants

Tsunami and earthquake leave over 1,000 missing, 1,400 dead & 70,000 homeless in Indonesia

#MeToo is not just for Hollywood: McDonald’s workers strike in 10 U.S. cities to protest sexual harassment

US refugee cap to be reduced to 30,000 in 2019, lowest level in 40 years

It’s not just We Got Y’all: When non-profits frame Black youth as deprived & in need of saviors

California becomes first state to abolish cash bail, but gives judges more discretion to jail defendants

How schools shame poor students

You are worth more than what you did today despite what anti-Black capitalism says

New study shows denies popular myth, shows private schools are not better than public

Letter to my Black mother who wants me to forgive the world when I saw it try to kill her

‘Sorry to Bother You’ is a study of the Black working class and the seductive appeal of capitalism

The FCC continues its war on internet access for Native Americans

Judge says Detroit schools aren’t required to teach to basic standards, tosses case against Michigan

“Jogger Joe” destroying a houseless Black man’s belongings is a natural part of Oakland’s gentrification

It’s no surprise more women are being imprisoned as less men are. We need abolition, not reforms.

California city set to test basic income of $500 a month to fight income inequality

Oakland’s “BBQing While Black” gathers hundreds to clap-back at #BBQBecky

Thousands in Louisiana nursing homes could be evicted due to Medicaid cuts

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