DuBois referred to the Civil War as a general strike, noting that hundreds of thousands enslaved people ceased work as some joined the Union Army. As ...

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Slavery, Civil Rights, and the Labor Movement

Slavery, Civil Rights, and the Labor Movement

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Disparities in Overdose Deaths

By Scott Blair In 2020, overdose death rates increased by 44% for Black people compared to 2019 in the US.  Comparatively, overdose death rates for white people rose 22%. Both […]

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