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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Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy
The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?
New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.
The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...
If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.