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Governor resigns in Puerto Rico.

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From The North Star: https://thenorthstar.com/articles/puerto-ricos-governor-ricardo-rossello-resigns-after-protests
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Unfolding news about the situation in Puerto Rico.

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From Latino Rebels: https://www.latinorebels.com/2019/07/24/puertoricansarefedup/
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From our friends at The North Star:

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https://thenorthstar.com/articles/thirteen-philadelphia-officers-to-be-fired-for-facebook-posts
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Late post on the Light for Liberty vigil in Columbia.

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Video of the speech I gave at the Lights for Liberty candlelight vigil in front of the Boone County jail in Columbia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jOB0yE8NNQ&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1fmFPNFbYojqWQe0hdKFb3k1_oWwAJKmh8_Ih9zszv_9YB2dMHijVjZcs The text is below. Yeah so, there is the stench. There is the government official telling lawmakers that children don’t need soap, or sleep. Yeah so, there are the bodies piled up like animals.   There’s a visiting doctor talking about “a human dog pound.”   Yeah so, there’s the people sleeping on concrete floors under 24-hour light in the cold. There are the children taking care of toddlers with no diapers. There are the seven migrant children who died in United States’ custody in less than a year. Yes, and there we are, and we cry out in outrage, us the people who care, and believe that as human beings with a moral conscience we are responsible for the welfare other human beings, even if...
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Tasmiha Khan on the "Go back" nativist/racist rhetoric.

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From ReWire News: https://rewire.news/article/2019/07/19/i-was-born-in-the-united-states-ive-been-told-to-go-back-to-my-country-too/
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Erika Geiss calls out anti-choice lawmakers.

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From ReWire News: https://rewire.news/article/2019/07/18/pro-life-my-ass-anti-choice-lawmakers-dont-value-people/
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A masterful review of desegregation, called by its real name.

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From The New York Times Sunday Review: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/opinion/sunday/it-was-never-about-busing.html
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In the words of detained migrant children.

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From The New York Times : https://www.homesnap.com/homes/for_sale/NY/Hyde-Park/pr_0,200000/t_25/c_41.807535,-73.902969/z_11/m_6,400022253213
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L.G.B.T.Q. community challenges in Puerto Rico.

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From Rewire News: https://rewire.news/article/2019/07/10/in-puerto-rico-lgbtq-political-victories-pile-up-but-challenges-remain/
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Just when you thought it was bad enough, please realize it's far worse: merchants of detention.

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From The New York Times : the surge in immigrant detention has been a major new source of private-prison-industry profits.
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Immigrant activist arrested by ICE for speaking out.

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From The North Star: https://thenorthstar.com/articles/ice-officials-arrest-activist-for-reciting-poem-criticizing-immigration-policy
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Lights for Liberty: join us for a candlelight vigil to protest the situation at the detention centers on the border on July 12th.

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https://www.lightsforliberty.org/?utm_source=brightest&utm_campaign=brightest_referral
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Teju Cole on the parallels between literature and activism.

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From The New York Review of Books: https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/07/05/carrying-a-single-life-on-literature-translation/
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