Tag: racism

Donald Trump’s lack of curiosity or basic knowledge of the world becomes most dangerous, exacerbating tensions in faraway places that he simply doesn’t understand and views through a prism created by right wing hacks (and his own long held racist views).

The Obama Justice Department thought Ville Platte, Louisiana – where officers jail witnesses to crimes – could become a model of how to erase policing abuses that plague small towns across the nation. Jeff Sessions decided not to bother.

"Mollie's death is not political propaganda to bring up your 'build the wall' bullshit."

The connections between the police and the far right expose not only the sympathies of individual officers, but the social role of the police.

A Trump speechwriter quits after attending a conference known for promoting racism. It’s not like he was all alone.

The nation's highest-level 2018 contest to emphasize themes of white power is Virginia's U.S. Senate race – Republican Corey Stewart.

"Our training is designed to prevent this sort of thing from happening. We are going to make sure our training – and the officer’s adherence to that training – is as solid as it can be.”

"General District Judge Robert H. Downer Jr. said Friday that it was clear Harris did not intend to harm the complainant."

White supremacist and nationalist groups had not gone away after the Civil Rights era, they just went underground – until their voice had been given the greatest megaphone of modern times.

Government rules and regulations do little to limit what television shows, films, music albums, video games and social media content are available to the public.