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It's #ITMovie release day! Here's a throwback to our political take on #Pennywise!
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Criminal Justice Reform in the Age of Mass Incarceration: An Open Letter to Illinois State Legislators chicagomonitor.com/2019/08/c… via @chicagomonitor

Criminal Justice Reform in the Age of Mass Incarceration: An Open Letter to Illinois State Legisl...

On a basic level, the criminal justice system is overpopulated, leading to incredibly inhumane living conditions for prisoners. More troubling though, the system itself amplifies the existing racism...

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The Sackler Family: Opioids, Hate, and Money - Chicago Monitor

In addition to taking part in the widespread Oxycontin scheme, The Richard and Beth Sackler Foundation contributed financially to white nationalist ideologies that are deeply rooted in American...

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Crimea and the Decay of Rights for Muslim Tatars chicagomonitor.com/2019/08/c… via @chicagomonitor

Crimea and the Decay of Rights for Muslim Tatars - Chicago Monitor

Since March 2014, when Russian authorities invaded and illegally annexed the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, the condition of human rights for the indigenous Muslim ethnic group, known as Crimean...

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On Reading Rushdie and the Satanic Verses chicagomonitor.com/2019/06/o… via @chicagomonitor

On Reading Rushdie and the Satanic Verses - Chicago Monitor

No matter what Rushdie may have been saying about religion and the nature of belief or what he has said since, Mahound was after all just a character in a fiction novel who isn’t even real in the...

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Millennial Yoga chicagomonitor.com/2018/11/m… via @chicagomonitor
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#BREAKING: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unexpectedly announces he won't seek re-election nbcchi.com/He7pK3r
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Today as we demand #NoMuslimBanEver do not compromise/erase the complexities of what it means to support Muslims. You cannot support Muslims & support Israel or the police. You cannot support Muslims & work within a framework of citizenship or patriotism. joojooazad.com/2017/01/keep-…
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In the first episode of "Meet Chicago," host Sufyan Shaltaf interviews Choya Webb of Peer Health Exchange. chicagomonitor.com/2018/04/m…
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#HonorRasmea #Justice4Rasmea Judge Tells Palestinian Leader Rasmea Odeh Occupation is "Not Important" chicagomonitor.com/2017/08/j… @cairchicago

Judge Tells Palestinian Leader Rasmea Odeh – the Occupation is “Not Important” - Chicago Monitor

Rasmea and her supporters who had rallied outside the court in the pouring rain expected that she would be sentenced to time served in jail (33 days), receive some form of fine ($1,000), lose her US...

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Friend & mentor @prisonculture joins Ep. 12 connecting Black women, rape & resistance to the Civil Rights movement: soundcloud.com/thelitreviewp…
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My latest on JooJoo Azad -- From Fashion to War: Breaking Down Orientalism (important for Muslims & Muslim-allies!) joojooazad.com/2017/05/fashi…
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Burma Task Force@BurmaTaskForce30 May 2017
Destruction has been severe, 10,000 huts in #Rohingya camps in Bangladesh "flattened" asiancorrespondent.com/2017/…
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American Muslims Take Pledge to Resist Racism on @ChicagoMonitor cc: @MuslimARC chicagomonitor.com/2017/04/a…
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Chicago organizers demand action from IL Senators as hunger strikers enter day 39 #dignitystrikechi #dignitystrike chicagomonitor.com/2017/05/c…
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Little Village Protests CPS Suspension of Special Ed Teacher Sarah Chambers #LetSarahTeach chicagomonitor.com/2017/04/l… @AccessLiving @33rdWard
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Little Village Protests CPS Suspension of Special Ed Teacher Sarah Chambers #LetSarahTeach chicagomonitor.com/2017/04/l… @aaanmarkaz @NAARPR
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