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Bias, prejudice and discrimination pervade our health care systems. Explore the issues and meet the stakeholders attempting to change that.
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[Note from Deb Cruz, FAIN Issue Lead: This failure of the courts to uphold the Mashpee Wampanoag right to put land in trust is the first step in termination of the First Indian Tribe/Nation to greet and support settlers arriving on the Mayflower 1620. This is just the beginning not only for Mashpee Wampanoag, but…
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Hone Your Justice Skills at GA, June 19-22, Spokane WA
You can register here. THURSDAY, JUNE 20 10 am-12 pm – Effective and Relational Justice Work in UU Spaces Offered by UUs for Social Justice in the Middle East Social justice work is central to Unitarian Universalist identity and is often controversial. UU activists must be effective in making a difference and relational in showing…
‘Cancer Alley’ Has Some of the Highest Coronavirus Death Rates in the Country
As predominately Black communities in the polluted areas along the Mississippi from New Orleans to Baton Rouge face heightened risks from COVID-19, the EPA has suspended enforcement of the environmental rules designed to protect them. Some government agencies are beginning to acknowledge the disproportionate effect of the coronavirus on African American communities. In a press…
Hate Map by State – Southern Poverty Law Center
Washington (30) Hate Groups Statewide Asatru Folk Assembly (Neo-Volkisch) Atomwaffen Division (Neo-Nazi) Crew 38 (Racist Skinhead) Feuerkrieg Division (Neo-Nazi) Northwest Hammerskins (Racist Skinhead) Pacific Northwest Wolfpack Kindred (Neo-Volkisch) Patriot Front (White Nationalist) The Base (White Nationalist) The Daily Stormer (Neo-Nazi) Vinlanders Social Club (Racist Skinhead) Wolves of Vinland (Neo-Volkisch) Bellingham Fortress of Faith (Anti-Muslim) Bremerton…
U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Pass 100,000
The U.S., with less than five percent of the world’s population, accounts for nearly a third of its coronavirus deaths, according to NPR. It has by far the highest death toll of any country in the world, and the virus that causes COVID-19 has now killed more Americans than every military conflict since the Korean…