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Independent, grassroots liberation-journalism focused on politics, power, race, policing, mass incarceration, organizing, and change. No ads, no spam, no hate or trolls because we are 100% supported by members like you. Click to read The North Star with Shaun King, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of readers.

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