Tag: Black Lives Matter
From fringe idea to law of the land — a look...
Beautiful Trouble examines the principles and theories guiding this growing insurrection in defense of Black lives.
Today’s progressive movements must learn from Black Lives Matter—and join together
A coalition of movements that joins a future whirlwind moment to win the struggle can at last make racial justice a reality.
‘The conversation is the protest’ — how Black Lives Matter forced...
Momentum organizer Nicole Carty discusses how the movement built consensus on racial justice and the strategy needed to make the goal of defunding police a reality.
‘Stay in the streets’: Black Lives Matter movement in Seattle occupies...
“We cannot have a pacified movement.”
Nationwide rebellion against police violence demands justice for George Floyd
People are protesting the killing in Minneapolis and St Paul as well as across the country.
‘A disgusting display’: Police fire rubber bullets, stun grenades, and tear...
"What is happening tonight in our city is shameful."
’16 shots:’ Chicago Police killing of Laquan McDonald exposed a system...
The documentary “16 Shots” examines the 2014 murder of African-American teenager Laquan McDonald in Chicago and the attempt by the city’s police department to cover up the events.
Police are still killing unarmed black people
So far this year, 390 people have been killed by police, according to a Washington Post database of police shootings.
The police will keep killing us until we stop criminalizing blackness...
The murder of Harith “Snoop” Augustus by Chicago police is the latest reminder that we must hold our elected officials accountable for upholding a system that devalues Black life.
Charlottesville police chief steps down after failures during white supremacist rally
The report specifically accuses Chief Thomas of trying to limit the scope of the investigation.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.