Category: Racism
Family members of detainees, including Maria Lopez, Adrianna, and Hulissa Aguilar, called on ICE to release their loved ones after it was announced the center would close. Bay Area immigrant communities and immigrant rights activists felt they’d won an important victory July 10. At a news conference, Sheriff David Livingston, flanked by the Contra Costa Read more…
Violations of human rights and plain human decency continue to occur with disturbing frequency in many parts of the world, including many allegedly “democratic” countries such as the United States, Russia, and Israel
Zaid Jilani: People Might Be Getting the Swedish Elections All WrongWhat if the rise of the Sweden Democrats has less to do with exposure to immigration, and more to do with rising inequality, driven by austerity and financials shocks?
Shaun King: Black Police Group Supports Nike Deal with KaepernickSome police do stand up for Kaepernick — just not the ones that Donald Trump mentions when he sneers about the national anthem protests
Ebony Slaughter-Johnson: ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws Encourage Dangerous VigilantismSome Americans call the cops on black people for frivolous reasons. Others appoint themselves judge, jury, and — sometimes — executioner
Adam Sanchez: Black Power During ReconstructionIn 1868, what had seemed impossible only a decade before — four million enslaved people wielding political power in the South — became a reality
Naomi Johnson: Now is the Time to Stand Up for Human RightsQuestion your complacency, question your role in all of this, and acknowledge your racism. That’s my answer to the many folks who want to know what in the heck they can do
Crystal Mason: 5+ Years in Prison for VotingWe look at the shocking case of a Texas woman sentenced to five years in prison for illegally voting, who could now have even more time added to her sentence. Crystal Mason cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election despite having a past felony conviction for tax fraud that prevented her from voting. Read more…
Briahna Joy Gray: Beware the Race ReductionistA hostage situation has emerged on the left. And progressive policies like Medicare for All, a $15 minimum wage, free public education, a Green New Deal, and even net neutrality, are the captives. The captors? Bad faith claims of bigotry. According to an increasingly popular narrative among the center-left, a dispiriting plurality of progressives are “class reductionists” Read more…
Washington is understandably consumed by the revelations about hush money and election interference, but the Nazification of US foreign policy should be front page news