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Severe police brutality at Occupy Oakland

By Samhita | Published: October 26, 2011

Tweet (One of countless videos and pictures taken last night as the police raided Occupy Oakland) As a former Bay Area resident, my heart was broken last night looking at the images and videos from what was happening to the protesters at Occupy Oakland. Oakland never gets a break from the police. The peaceful protesters [...]

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What We Missed

By Vanessa | Published: July 13, 2011

Tweet ACRJ asks women living in Oakland what they think about the anti-choice billboards targeting the black community. (Transcript after jump) A new report says that criminally reported violence against the LGBT community rose 13% last year — of those who were killed, 70% were minorities and 44% were transgender women. On Nike’s horrific and [...]