Tag: black communities
Police kill 1-year-old in Mississippi, then tear gas protesters demanding answers
The fatal shooting of Kohen Wiley after an alleged shoplifting call has ignited protests in Senatobia, where residents say years of police escalation and mistrust reached a breaking point.
Trump DOJ moves to crush Evanston’s landmark Black reparations program
The Justice Department is backing a right-wing lawsuit against the nation’s first operating reparations program, raising the stakes for cities trying to repair decades of anti-Black housing discrimination.
No more dog whistles
Isn’t it now time for all of us to reclaim our space—and nation—from Donald Trump?
After Hurricane Ida, a historic Black community races to save its...
Residents of Ironton, Louisiana are rallying for their share of recovery funds.
The whole damn system is guilty as hell: Taking control of...
Democratic community control of the police transforms the power dynamic between police and citizens.
NAACP reveals tactics fossil fuel industry uses to manipulate communities of...
The report describes at length the health and financial harms that coal, oil, and gas bring to the communities they cross, and how these harms are disproportionately impacting people of color.
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‘Conspicuous corruption’ solidifies in-your-face Trump Legacy for militant, ‘up yours, suckers’ derision
It's as if America was feeling so bad about itself that it had to replay the politics of self-mutilation, as if loaded with masochists.
Massachusetts healthcare workers strike against hospital giant
About 4,500 nurses and home-care clinicians walked out after contract talks with Mass General Brigham broke down over pay, staffing, insurance costs, and patient care.
Trump pressure campaign targets state election systems
The administration is threatening prosecution and federal funding cuts as it pushes states to change voting rules before the 2026 midterms.
What I saw when I stopped pretending
In every person, there is a soldier or warrior spirit, long waiting for a direction worth fighting for.
My conversation with Karl Marx about Donald Trump
The dialogue between Norman Solomon and Karl Marx debated if Trump's power derived from individual action or underlying class relations.