Tag: Black Lives Matter
Why is a dump for Hurricane Harvey debris next to an...
“It is appalling what is going on in that community."
I am woman, hear me roar
Over half a million women (and some men as well) have used the #MeToo hashtag, exposing in a few short days how pervasive are the crimes of sexual harassment and rape.
Taking a knee, standing for justice
Principled stands taken at great risk are often how movements are born.
Trump, NFL protests and the price of freedom
A reader responds to Donald Trump’s remarks disparaging NFL players for peacefully protesting against the treatment of black Americans.
Take the knee: Athletes unite in historic protest against racism &...
It was the biggest display of athletic defiance in years.
Where are all the monuments to the progressive Americans?
The organizers, activists, artists, writers, athletes, judges and occasional elected officials who fought to make the United States a more humane and inclusive country often go unacknowledged.
Racist voter suppression revealed in a small-town voter fraud trial
As the nation faces demographic shifts, the push to suppress voting intensifies.
The racism heard round the world
When the neo-fascist National Front is more willing to condemn neo-Nazis than Trump, we have a problem.
State of Missouri to execute Marcellus Williams despite exonerating DNA evidence
DNA evidence proves Williams’ innocence – Governor Greitens could commute his death sentence.
The stand down order: Charlottesville PD’s complicity with terror
There was a stand down order. The police did nothing. The Sheriff’s Department did nothing. The city council did nothing. They. Let. This. Happen.
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No king but madness reigns
Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.
Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns
Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.
Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles as ‘Obstruction of...
Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.
Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses
Reports from advocacy groups like SF Zoo Watch and In Defense of Animals call on Mayor Daniel Lurie to halt new animal acquisitions and transform the 100-acre site from a traditional exhibition-based zoo into a 21st-century ecological park.
Iran retaliation revives scrutiny of US military bases across the Gulf
Iranian strikes on Gulf energy sites and renewed threats against American installations are exposing how decades of US military expansion in the Middle East have tied Washington to regional regimes while increasing risks of wider war.