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Only Revolutionary Love Can Save Us Now Only Revolutionary Love Can Save Us Now
Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 speech condemning the Vietnam War offers a powerful moral compass as we face the challenges of our time.
Mar 8, 2024 / Feature / Michelle Alexander
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What I Learned From Susan Burton, a Modern-Day Harriet Tubman What I Learned From Susan Burton, a Modern-Day Harriet Tubman
Reading her life story will change the way you view the world.
May 11, 2017 / Michelle Alexander
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Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote
From the crime bill to welfare reform, policies Bill Clinton enacted—and Hillary Clinton supported—decimated black America.
Feb 10, 2016 / Feature / Michelle Alexander
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Breaking My Silence Breaking My Silence
For years I have written about mass incarceration, while staying mute about drones and other injustices. It is time to connect the dots.
Sep 4, 2013 / Michelle Alexander
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Obama’s Drug War Obama’s Drug War
The administration is promoting failed law enforcement programs as economic stimulus.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Michelle Alexander
The New Jim Crow The New Jim Crow
How the war on drugs gave birth to a permanent American undercaste.
Mar 9, 2010 / Michelle Alexander