Tag: Black Lives Matter
‘More training’ is not the answer to police terror
The death of Tyre Nichols doesn’t have to be in vain – there are numerous opportunities for action at the local and national level to rein in out of control police terror.
Hundreds march in Akron enraged by police killing of Jayland Walker
"The police can do whatever they want," said one local resident through tears. "They can take our children's lives and think it's okay."
Teen awarded $325K settlement after police brutality incident
Dee reportedly knelt on the teen and punched him at least ten times as the teen screamed, “Why are you punching me?”
Former Minneapolis cop sentenced to prison after fatal shooting
“There is no cause for celebration: no one has won. We all have lost, none more than Daunte Wright and the people who love him."
An Afro-Indigenous perspective on policing
In his new book, Kyle T. Mays argues that the violence of policing has always been intimately tied to U.S. democracy.
How to show solidarity with Black Lives Matter this holiday season
The Black Xmas campaign, started by Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, urges shoppers to use their dollars wisely and in service of racial justice.
It’s time for corporations to get off the sidelines on social...
It’s both good ethics and good business to support the rights of Black Americans and women when they are under assault.
Black Lives Matter: How far has the movement come?
This messaging campaign became a decentralized social movement to demand accountability for police killings and other brutality against Black people.
Derek Chauvin trial: 3 questions America needs to ask about seeking...
Where the accused is placed above the law, there is an unjust system of justice.
‘Sacrifice zones’: How people of color are targets of environmental racism
A product of environmental racism, “sacrifice zones” are located near pollution hot spots and are usually communities of color.
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ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.
The Age of Arrogant Amateurism – as ‘know-it-all’ opportunists seize power to control, not...
To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.