Tag: Black Lives Matter
Just so we’re clear: Black mothers aren’t to blame for high...
When famous midwife Ina May Gaskin suggested that Black mothers should make better lifestyle choices to have healthier babies, the Black birth world decided they’d had enough.
Police officer arrested after shooting autistic man’s therapist
Rios was clearly playing with a toy truck instead of a gun.
MLK called for a “radical revolution of values.” The movement for...
50 years ago, King blasted militarism, racism and poverty in his “Beyond Vietnam” speech. The new Beyond the Moment campaign carries forward his radical vision.
Social movements converge on April 4 anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther...
“Every day workers of color across this country face deep-seated racism that would seem to be out of Dr. King’s era, but is, sadly, still reality today.”
Still no answers in Seattle about black Muslim teen found hanging...
Lynching may sound like a foreign term to many people in 21st century America. Not anymore.
Billionaires arrive on private jets to solve inequality, while African children...
To really help the poorest countries, we need to do less: less military, less debt, and less corporate farming.
Climate change forced over 1 million Africans from their homes in...
Disasters triggered by rapid-onset natural hazards affected 33 African countries last year.
BREAKING: Officer who shot Keith Lamont Scott will not face charges...
“It is my opinion that Officer Vinson acted lawfully when he shot Mr. Scott.”
New Yorkers #SwipeItForward to protest policing of fare-beating
This is easy. This is effective. And it’s legal. And this is a way for everyone to be an everyday activist.
Justice Department to Charge Cop in Death of Eric Garner
The plan to charge Pantaleo has been approved by Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
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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.
White House cancels $810 million in congressional spending days before fiscal year ends
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Republican, called the pocket rescission unlawful, and the House is out of session until after the November election.
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?