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In the wake of a long presidential election season marked by racism and misogyny, movements across the country are working to reformulate strategies, take a stand against white supremacy, and continue the struggle for racial, social, and economic justice. Here’s what we're reading to ground us in this work:

After Trump, by Robin D.G. Kelly via Boston Review

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AFSC strongly condemns any plan to create a Muslim registry in the U.S., or to reinstate the religious profiling of immigrants 

Among the first potential acts of the upcoming Administration, President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is proposing overt discrimination: a Muslim registry program. This proposal is an attack on our country’s founding values—that all are created equal and constitutionally guaranteed freedom of religion.

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By using peer mediation and other restorative justice tools, Northwest Academy has drastically reduced student suspensions over the past few years.

While the fall temperatures have reached the St. Louis area, many of the trees are holding on to their green leaves. And although the weather is in transition, students and teachers at Northwest Academy of Law, a public magnet school in north St. Louis city, have largely settled into the routine of things. 

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Edwin Coleman is a first-year graduate student at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs. He is a graduate of Duke University, a former Hart Fellow, and a returned Peace Corps Volunteer.

Privilege: spending the week shocked that so many Americans could support a racist, sexist and homophobic demagogue. 

Privilege: using economics as a means to rationalize voting for a blatantly bigoted candidate.

Privilege: defending said voters in the name of reconciliation. 

Privilege: dismissing the rise in hate crimes as exaggerated and/or temporary. 

Reasons that I do not have the aforementioned privileges: 

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Recently we sat down with journalist Mohammed Omer to talk about the current state of U.S. journalism – particularly how the U.S. media cover Gaza, Israel-Palestine, and the blockade. What follows is the second of a two-part Q & A where Omer reflects on his work, the state of the media, and how journalists ought to report on conflict. Part one ran last week. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.
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In the wake of the election of Donald Trump, communities across the country and the globe are grappling with what happened and where we go from here. Below is a small sampling of what we’re reading to ground ourselves in the long history of movements for justice that have come before us and the many struggles that lie ahead.

 

White Won, by Jamelle Bouie, via Slate

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Recently our communications team sat down with journalist Mohammed Omer to speaking tour or Omer’s new book] to talk about the current state of U.S. journalism – particularly how the U.S. media cover Gaza, Israel-Palestine, and the blockade. What follows is the first part of a two-part Q & A where Omer reflects on his work, the state of the media, and how journalists ought to report on conflict. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.
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