Tag: systemic racism
Trump DOJ moves to crush Evanston’s landmark Black reparations program
The Justice Department is backing a right-wing lawsuit against the nation’s first operating reparations program, raising the stakes for cities trying to repair decades of anti-Black housing discrimination.
Trump’s education department redirects funds to far-right groups pushing whitewashed civics
Millions in federal education funds meant for minority students are being funneled to right-wing organizations, critics warn, to create a partisan “patriotic education” agenda that erases systemic racism and rewrites U.S. history.
Gov. DeSantis: You’re a history grad. Tell me when systemic racism...
Today’s champions of white victim hood claim that the teaching of ethnic history and ongoing/systemic racism stokes guilt feelings among white students and anger between students of different racial groups.
4 ways reparations can address racial inequality in education
Unequal schools are one of many manifestations of systemic racism. Changing the way schools are financed and homeowners are taxed can be a vehicle for reparations.
Retail industry claims to embrace criminal justice reform all while trying...
Best Buy, Home Depot, Target, CVS and Walmart are among the retailers that have tried to derail state-level criminal justice reforms.
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Warren, Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to ban corporate ownership of physician practices
The bill would let doctors sue corporate owners for treble damages and give the Federal Trade Commission a role in enforcing the ban.
Minnesota doctors strike for four days in a first for US hospitals
About 150 physicians at two Allina Health hospitals walked out this week after three years of bargaining over sick days, pay and a role in patient care.
Trump administration moves to let accidental killing of endangered species go unpunished
A leaked memo would count only deliberate harm as a violation of the 1973 law, even though most protected species die by accident.
Why Ro Khanna and AOC Should Run for President in 2028
RootsAction and Progressive Democrats of America will launch a campaign after the midterms urging the two lawmakers to seek the 2028 Democratic nomination.
Why the Trade War with Canada Amounts to Self-Sabotage
The economies of both countries are so intertwined that everyone will suffer.