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Prisons, the police and the state aren’t age-old institutions. But winning a future with prison abolition will take revolutionary change

The language of universal rights can be a powerful tool for advancing social justice.

The Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed on March 10, 1919, authorizing the government to imprison or confine, without a trial, any person associated with seditious activities. This led to nationwide unrest.

Look, i think we believe in a participatory democracy or we don't. it's as simple as that. and the idea of making in convenient voting, or inaccessible to people on purpose to can gain advantage, it's completely antithetical to a functioning democracy. it's not new, it's not new. but it is a problem whose ugly undersides, i think, are apparent for everybody to see right now. we have real reform legislation that has moved through the house, it has the support of the american people, and it's stuck in the senate because people are hiding behind procedural rules and other procedures, i think we n...

Nothing to given with stories. >> damn these eggs. darn all of the eggs. >> today, we that sydney poitier, true american icon, died at the age of 94. throughout his career, poitier brought the stories of black america to white america. he supported the civil rights movement with his work, his deeds, and financially, as well. it's often not until death that we truly look at the impact that somebody's had on the world around them. but, sidney poitier got that honor while he was still alive. on august 12th, 2009, america's first black president, barack obama, gave the presidential medal of freedo...