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We Lost a Lot in 2017. Here's Where We Can — and Can't — Look for Progress in 2018.
Erica Garner's death was a horrible cap to a year of hard losses. Here's how a huge bump in organizing can mean some wins in 2018.
Shaun King
Shaun King is a Brooklyn-based activist and writer who focuses on civil and human rights, racial justice, mass incarceration, and law enforcement misconduct. A former contributor to The Intercept’s Voices section, he was the senior justice writer for the Daily News and the writer-in-residence at Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project.
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Republicans Mock “Coastal Elites,” But the Trump Administration Is Full of Them
If a novelist dreamed up "coastal elites" like Donald Trump and his cabinet, the critics would say the writer went way over the top.
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The NCAA Makes Billions, College Athletes Get Nothing. LaVar Ball Wants to Shake Up the System.
LaVar Ball, the father of young basketball stars, is creating his own junior basketball league where the players get paid.
Charles Barkley Got It Right: Democrats Need to Respect the Black Voters Putting Them in Power
Black voters are the Democrats' most supportive demographic, yet African-Americans are largely absent in positions of political power.
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The President and the GOP Are Backing a Flagrant Bigot for U.S. Senate
In 2017, Republicans are backing a guy who longs for the days when African-Americans were in chains.
New Film "Graven Image" Shows How Georgia Racists Created a Confederate Myth
Stone Mountain, a Confederate monument in Georgia, is a modern myth: Its whole creation was caught on film.
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Atlanta Mayoral Race Shows What Happens When Progressives Don’t Compromise
A conservative-leaning candidate might beat a Democrat in Atlanta's mayoral race. In the age of Trump, how did we get here?
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Until the De Facto Ban On Kaepernick Is Lifted, The NFL's Gestures Toward Criminal Justice Reform Ring Hollow
The NFL pledge to give $89 million to criminal justice reform causes is a good start, but it's not enough.
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Trump Made the Most Flagrant Bigots Proud. They See Him as Their Leader. Why Wouldn’t They?
Donald Trump is endangering millions by emboldening anti-Muslim bigots.
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Why Is Donald Trump So Obsessed With LaVar Ball?
Children are starving to death in Yemen, Puerto Rico is still in crisis, and Donald Trump is fixated on demanding gratitude from the father of a UCLA basketball player.