ACLU Suing Feds and Portland Police for Attacking Medics
ACLU: "Multiple volunteer street medics are suing the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Marshals Service, and the City of Portland for targeting and attacking them at Portland protests…
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MLB Will Allow Black Lives Matter Patches on Jerseys
Yahoo: Major League Baseball players have the option of having a patch with ''Black Lives Matter'' or ''United For Change'' on a jersey sleeve on opening day..." Photo:…
Trump’s Secret Police Creating Constitutional Crisis in Portland
Brown: "Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland have been shot in the head with kinetic impact munitions, swept away in unmarked cars...We cannot sit idly by and accept…
NYC Council Speaker: We Are “Reimagining Public Safety” in Eric Garner’s Name
NYC Speaker Corey Johnson: “Today, we recommit to the work of reimagining public safety, in the name of Eric Garner." Photo: YouTube New York City Council Speaker Corey…
Preston Wilson: MLB Late in Speaking Out on Social Justice
Sports Illustrated: "Nine days after police officers in Minneapolis killed George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement overtook the headlines, Major League Baseball became the last major…
Barkley: Sports World Turning in “Circus” on Social Justice Issues
Barkley: “We need police reform, we need prison reform. My concern is turning this into a circus instead of trying to do some good stuff.” Photo: YouTube Is…
Major League Soccer Players Launch Season with Silent Protest
Tampa Bay Times: "Players wore black T-shirts, black gloves and black face masks emblazoned with Black Lives Matter. The shirts had varying slogans that included Black And Proud,…
Black Lives Matter Shines Light on Police Brutality in Africa
Campbell: "Police use of excessive force is an old song in Africa, and reform is difficult. Police forces tend to have been established by the former colonial powers,…
New Book: White Christian Privilege Pervades US Political, Social Institutions
Joshi: “As long as we treat our foundational ideals...as if they are realities rather than aspirations, the dominance of Protestant Christianity and Whiteness over the political and social…
Killer Lines, Killer Cops, and Trump’s Vote-Heist 2020 Dress Rehearsal
Palast: "What the press calls the "meltdown" in Georgia (and in the Wisconsin and Kentucky primaries) was very much a dress rehearsal for the plan for minority voting…