Tag: racism
‘This is just the beginning’ – Chicagoans fighting for police accountability...
"Today, Chicago has taken one small step in bringing justice to Laquan McDonald's family and our communities.”
Lift Us Up: Meet the activists on the front lines of...
We look at the criminalization of black and brown students that has led to what is known as the school-to-prison pipeline.
Recent disasters reveal racial discrimination in FEMA aid process
But if the FEMA response to recent disasters is any indication, storm victims could face barriers in securing federal aid – especially if they're not white.
The growing myth of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa
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).
How the Trump administration went easy on small-town police abuses
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.
Take her name out of your mouth:’ Family of Mollie Tibbetts...
"Mollie's death is not political propaganda to bring up your 'build the wall' bullshit."
Protecting and serving white supremacy
The connections between the police and the far right expose not only the sympathies of individual officers, but the social role of the police.
Donald Trump’s white nationalist White House: Still in full effect
A Trump speechwriter quits after attending a conference known for promoting racism. It’s not like he was all alone.
The money behind neo-Confederate Corey Stewart’s US Senate campaign
The nation's highest-level 2018 contest to emphasize themes of white power is Virginia's U.S. Senate race – Republican Corey Stewart.