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• The Great Land Robbery: How Federal Policies Dispossessed Black Americans of Millions of Acres

  16 de agosto, puesto en línea por mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
  Over the 20th century, black people in the U.S. were dispossessed of 12 million acres of land. Half of that loss — 6 million acres — occurred over just two decades, from 1950 to 1969, a period largely associated with the civil rights struggle. This mass land dispossession, which affected 98% of (...)

• What Is Israel Trying to Hide? Reps. Tlaib & Omar Blocked from Taking Official Trip to West Bank

  16 de agosto, puesto en línea por mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
  Israel sparked outrage Thursday when it banned two freshman Democratic congresswomen of color — Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota — from entering the country. Following outcry from Democratic leaders and Palestinians, Israel granted permission for Tlaib to enter the (...)

• Headlines for August 16, 2019

  16 de agosto, puesto en línea por mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
  Israel Bars Reps. Omar & Tlaib from Official Trip to West Bank Due to Their Support for BDS, 11 Die in Kashmir as Pakistani & Indian Troops Exchange Fire, U.S. Puts Pressure on Crew of Iranian Oil Tanker Seized in July, North Korea Test-Fires Two Missiles as It Rejects New Talks with S. (...)

• Child Victims Act: Hundreds File Suits as New York Extends Statute of Limitations on Sex Abuse Cases

  15 de agosto, puesto en línea por mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
  Hundreds of child sex abuse victims filed lawsuits in New York on Wednesday under the Child Victims Act, a new state law that allows survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the state to bring their perpetrators to court who previously were barred due to statutes of limitations. Lawsuits were (...)

• Jeffrey Epstein Is Dead. Civil Rights Lawyer Says Civil Charges Against His Estate Will Continue

  15 de agosto, puesto en línea por mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
  Charges and civil suits against Jeffrey Epstein are continuing following the death of the serial sex abuser, who was found dead in his jail cell on Saturday. Epstein had been arrested in July for allegedly running a sex trafficking operation by luring underage girls as young as 14 years old to (...)

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