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fromNon Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
1 day ago

What to the Immigrant Is the Fourth of July? - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

Independence Day evokes complex emotions for marginalized groups who were not free in 1776 and struggle for full freedom today. Their continued work towards liberation is essential.
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fromThe Nation
1 day ago

Fake Patriots Are Destroying Everything That Made America Great

"White-haired women sit in their aluminum lawn chairs down by the curb dressed like fat babies in checks and frills, their shapeless veined legs cheerfully protruding. Middle-aged men have squeezed their keglike thighs into bicycle shorts meant for boys. Young mothers have come from their back-yard aboveground swimming pools in bikinis and high-sided twists of spandex that leave half their buttocks and breasts exposed."
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Black Lives Matter
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

Mr. Douglass in the Room

Bishop Barber illustrates the resilience of Frederick Douglass during his moment of doubt after the Dred Scott decision, pointing out the importance of hope and faith.
Black Lives Matter
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

Mr. Douglass in the Room

Bishop Barber illustrates the resilience of Frederick Douglass during his moment of doubt after the Dred Scott decision, pointing out the importance of hope and faith.
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fromTruthout
4 months ago

Frederick Douglass's Words Ring True: "Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand"

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will, and the limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.
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