Tag: racism
Racism as a public health crisis
Milwaukee’s novel approach to combating racial inequity should inspire other cities.
Federal judge dismisses charges against 3 white supremacists
The three, members of the Rise Above Movement, had been charged under a federal anti-riot statute with planning and then carrying out assaults at rallies in California in 2017. The judge said the federal statute used to prosecute them was unconstitutional.
The racist roots of American policing: From slave patrols to traffic...
The persistence of racially biased policing means that unless American policing reckons with its racist roots, it is likely to keep repeating mistakes of the past.
Fox News is defending white supremacy
The company says that they are protecting freedom of speech.
Noam Chomsky: We must confront the ‘ultranationalist, reactionary’ movements growing across...
Noam Chomsky looked back at the rise of fascism in the 20th century and the growing ultranationalist movements of today, from Brazil and the United States to Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Will Biden’s dog whistles for racism catch up with him?
Denial of that reality could help him win the party’s nomination -- and then help Donald Trump get re-elected.
Once defiant, all four white supremacists charged in Charlottesville violence plead...
In pleading guilty, the authorities said, two of the defendents admitted their actions were not in self-defense.
NAACP reveals tactics fossil fuel industry uses to manipulate communities of...
The report describes at length the health and financial harms that coal, oil, and gas bring to the communities they cross, and how these harms are disproportionately impacting people of color.
America: Rapidly sliding into the depths of bigotry, racism, and xenophobia
We need to work very hard to remove this bigotry, racism, and xenophobia from our country before this condition becomes irreversible.
White nationalism, born in the USA, is now a global threat
Nationalist terror is a danger to the domestic security of the United States and, evidence shows, a global terror threat that endangers the very nature of global democratic society.
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Nearly all plant-based meat alternatives Contain mycotoxins
The researchers found that 100 percent of the plant-based meat substitutes contained at least one of 19 different types of mycotoxins, often showing high "co-occurrence" (multiple toxins in a single product).
Popular sugar substitute erythritol damages blood-brain barrier, elevating stroke risk
A new study shows how erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar alternative, directly damages human cells that comprise the blood-brain barrier.
Supreme Court rulings and new Southern maps intensify battle over Black voting power before...
A series of redistricting fights in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia is reshaping the struggle over voting rights and congressional control as critics warn that recent Supreme Court decisions are accelerating the erosion of protections for Black voters.
The electric car is the only winner in the latest Iran war
The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum.
Waterboarding for dollars in Cuba
The CBS Sunday Morning program, “Next: Cuba?” which aired on April 26, presented a discussion of the recent intensification of sanctions on...