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Two major military raids in Somalia and Libya this past weekend made headlines when American forces attempted to kill or capture individuals deemed to be linked with various Al Qaeda affiliates. The raid in Somalia was unsuccessful but in Libya, it resulted in the capture of Abu Anas Al-Libi, who unusually may be brought back to the US for trial …

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“In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” — Winston Churchill …

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Thirty-four undocumented immigrants were detained at the Texas-Mexico border on Sept. 30. That fact by itself is unremarkable—thousands of immigrants are held in detention in the U.S. at any given time. What set this particular group of immigrants apart is that they showed up on the Mexico side of the border and openly proclaimed their desire to re-enter a country they consider home, without papers. By attempting to cross …

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There were a significant number of white women who crossed the barriers of sex and race in the 1920s in New York but so little is known about them that rather than being known by their individual names, they are simply known by the collective moniker of “Miss Anne.” Now a new book by Carla Kaplan about these women strives to tell the story, and in doing so, paints a nuanced portrait of racial and gender relations in the early part of the American 20th century. The book is entitled Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance. Kaplan is the Davis Distinguished professor of American Literature at Northeastern University, and author of Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters.

Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar spoke with Carla Kaplan about her new book Miss Anne in Harlem.

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Uprising’s guest expert Robert Jensen, author, and a professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzes today’s news headlines:

Violence has resurged in Egypt as three attacks killed dozens in the second day of clashes. Just a day after Egyptian military forces killed more than 50 protesters, three separate attacks including a rocket propelled grenade plagued various …

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Much has been written about the Harlem Renaissance and its impact on American race relations. We know about the black writers, artists, and activists, and the white benefactors and cultural allies – but only those who were male. Very little is known about the white women who participated in the Harlem Renaissance at a time when the combination of societal …

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“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” — Gloria Steinem …

by Sonali Kolhatkar

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Florida has one more chance to deliver justice to the parents of a slain black boy. The state that faced calls for boycott over the acquittal of George Zimmerman is currently holding pretrial hearings in a similar case.

Nearly a year ago in Jacksonville, Michael Dunn, a 45-year-old white gun collector and software engineer, fired at least eight shots into a carful of teenagers after admonishing them about the volume of their music. Two of those shots hit and killed 17-year-old Jordan Davis, an African-American boy.

Dunn, who has two more pretrial hearings next month, is using the Stand Your Ground law in his defense; it’s the same one that Zimmerman, who shot and killed teenager Trayvon Martin, initially invoked before his trial and subsequent acquittal.