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The History of Anti-Asian-American Violence
The History of Anti-Asian-American Violence
The filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña discusses the Atlanta shootings, the murder of Vincent Chin, and the complexities of Asian identity in the United States.
·newyorker.com·
The History of Anti-Asian-American Violence
America’s Enduring Caste System (Published 2020)
America’s Enduring Caste System (Published 2020)
Our founding ideals promise liberty and equality for all. Our reality is an enduring racial hierarchy that has persisted for centuries.
·nytimes.com·
America’s Enduring Caste System (Published 2020)
On Atonement
On Atonement
News outlets have apologized for past racism. That should only be the start.
·cjr.org·
On Atonement
For this Selma native, the legacy of the 19th Amendment continues in fight against voter suppression | The GroundTruth Project
For this Selma native, the legacy of the 19th Amendment continues in fight against voter suppression | The GroundTruth Project
Twenty-two years ago, LaTosha Brown ran for State Board of Education in Alabama. Throughout the campaign, the Selma native recalls making speeches at churches and being asked to speak from the floor. The incumbent, a male minister, spoke from the podium. “I sit squarely at the intersection of racism and sexism,” Brown said. “There was
·thegroundtruthproject.org·
For this Selma native, the legacy of the 19th Amendment continues in fight against voter suppression | The GroundTruth Project
Alabama’s get-out-the-vote activists fight back against voting restrictions | The GroundTruth Project
Alabama’s get-out-the-vote activists fight back against voting restrictions | The GroundTruth Project
Mid-summer, every big election year, Montgomery activist Kynesha Brown’s after-work schedule starts to fill up. In normal times, Rollin to the Polls, the grassroots voter mobilization organization she helped start as part of her work with Montgomery’s Delta Sigma Theta Alumnae Chapter, would be running voter registration drives, vote reclamation clinics for Alabamians convicted of
·thegroundtruthproject.org·
Alabama’s get-out-the-vote activists fight back against voting restrictions | The GroundTruth Project
A Hamer-Baker Plan to End White Supremacy - Sanctuary For Independent Media
A Hamer-Baker Plan to End White Supremacy - Sanctuary For Independent Media
In a recently published piece in the Nation magazine, author and scholar Barbara Smith proposes a a comprehensive racial justice program even more sweeping than the Marshall Plan to combat white supremacy and resulting systemic racism. Smith talks to HMM correspondent Corinne Carey about her proposa
·mediasanctuary.org·
A Hamer-Baker Plan to End White Supremacy - Sanctuary For Independent Media
Tucson police chief offers resignation after man's death
Tucson police chief offers resignation after man's death
PHOENIX (AP) — The Tucson, Arizona, police chief on Wednesday offered his resignation two months after a 27-year-old man died while handcuffed and placed face-down, resulting in the resignation of three officers the chief said had violated department policy...
·apnews.com·
Tucson police chief offers resignation after man's death
The Trayvon Generation
The Trayvon Generation
On the spectre of anti-black violence, and raising sons.
·newyorker.com·
The Trayvon Generation
To NBA coaches, racial equality is a priority of the restart
To NBA coaches, racial equality is a priority of the restart
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Dallas’ Rick Carlisle now starts every interview session by reading from a calendar that highlights something that happened on that day in the country’s racial history...
·apnews.com·
To NBA coaches, racial equality is a priority of the restart
A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 'Fed Up'-rising
A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 'Fed Up'-rising
Without the proper context, it is impossible to understand the mushroom cloud of uprisings that are exploding across the country in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless others.
·theroot.com·
A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 'Fed Up'-rising
Special Report: After Floyd's killing, Minneapolis police retreated, data shows
Special Report: After Floyd's killing, Minneapolis police retreated, data shows
Bullets crashed through the walls of Brandy Earthman’s house on Minneapolis’ north side one evening this summer. The shots sheared through the door of the living room where her children were playing. One severed a bone in her 19-year-old son’s arm.
·reuters.com·
Special Report: After Floyd's killing, Minneapolis police retreated, data shows
Race and Policing
Race and Policing
Our latest coverage of protests against racism and police violence around the world following the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020.
·nytimes.com·
Race and Policing
Protests for Black Lives
Protests for Black Lives
The murder of George Floyd mobilized the Movement for Black Lives and inspired a national reckoning with police violence and impunity.
·theintercept.com·
Protests for Black Lives
Prosecutor: No charges for officer in Michael Brown’s death
Prosecutor: No charges for officer in Michael Brown’s death
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County’s prosecutor announced Thursday that he will not charge the former police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, a dramatic decision that could reopen old wounds amid a renewed and intense national conversation about racial injustice and the police treatment of people of color...
·apnews.com·
Prosecutor: No charges for officer in Michael Brown’s death