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Serial killer says he killed 90 women. It is possible because they were all sex workers and women of color
Samuel Little, a boxer who traveled the nation abusing and killing women, is now saying he killed at least 90 women from 1970 to 2005. Little’s victims were always women sex workers and drug addicts. In his own words, he targeted “women that wouldn’t be missed.”
The story of Black queer women imprisoned for defending themselves to reminds us this criminal system cannot save us
By Gabrielle Noel The legal system was never built with Black queer people in mind. This system assigns victimhood, or refuses it, according to social biases, and society’s perception of who is more likely to be a victim or more credible thus affects who is allowed to receive justice. When it comes to sexual harassment, […]
Trump’s new order ending family separations will just detain undocumented families indefinitely
After the Trump administration separated more than 2,000 children from their parents under the “zero tolerance” policy, the president succumbed to pressure and signed an executive order to stop the separations at the border. Instead, families will be detained together indefinitely.
5 undocumented migrants killed in Sunday police chase
About 50 miles from the Mexico border, 5 undocumented migrants were killed on Sunday as they were chased by border patrol. The crash took place near a Texas town called Big Wells, which is 100 miles from San Antonio.
Pusha-T’s second diss of Drake takes feud to new levels, with some calling it a low blow
Rap beefs have long become a cultural staple of hip-hop, from Tupac vs. Biggie, Jay Z vs. Nas, to Remy Ma vs. Nicki Minaj. The latest rap beef to capture hip-hop fans actually erupted a decade ago, when both rappers Pusha-T and Drake taking occasional shots at each other due to several incidents with their competing […]
California legalizes weed, but state and federal laws are at odds, placing citizens in crosshairs
The state of California legalized the sale and cultivation of marijuana for recreational use on Monday, but the United States government still classifies weed as a controlled substance alongside drugs such as heroine and LSD. There are eight border patrol checkpoints in California, and according to the assistant chief of the Border Patrol’s San Diego […]
If Black innocence never exists to the state, how can passivism and perfect victimhood save us?
[Banner photo: A headline from The Daily Kos seeming to play up the fact that Jordan Edwards was unarmed and an “honor roll student”] By Zoé Samudzi On May 20, Richard Collins III, a young Black soon-to-be graduate of Bowie State University, was murdered by Sean Urbanski, a member of a white supremacist Facebook group called Alt-Reich […]
Police ask car accident victim to prove immigration status before helping, then detain him
“You illegal?” That’s the first thing Marcos Antonio Huete heard when approached by a Monroe County sheriff. Just moments earlier, the back wheel of his bike had been clipped by a car. Instead of seeing how he could help him, the officer was asking Huete about his immigration status, according to Univision.
Movement for Black Lives Yields New Targets of the State
By Lamont Lilly During the height of the Ferguson Rebellion in late summer 2014, youth organizer, Joshua Williams quickly rose to the call of duty. In the aftermath of Officer Darren Wilson’s brutal murder of unarmed Black teenager, Mike Brown, 19-year-old Williams, stepped forward in the most dedicated and courageous way possible – on the front […]
More cops required to wear body cameras across nation
More police departments across the country are requiring members of their force to wear body cameras. In the last few weeks, agencies in at least a dozen cities, including Ferguson, where 18-year-old Mike Brown was fatally wounded by a police officer on Aug. 9, have said they are equipping officers with video cameras.
As Black & Brown People Continue to be Lynched, Where’s the Outrage?
Another week, another suspicious death of a Black or Brown person at the hands of the police. This time in Durham, North Carolina, where the police department would like us to believe that 17-year-old Jesus Huerta was searched, handcuffed, and placed in the back seat of a police car, and sometime during that ride, while still […]
Alabama's Hate Bill Drags the State Back to it's Ugly Past.
Che “Rhymefest” Smith and Jasiri X outside 16th St Baptist Church in Birmingham (Photo by Paradise Gray) State Senator Scott Beason, one of the principle architects of Alabama’s anti-immigration bill HB56, is a racist. That’s not just my opinion, that’s what he was called by U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson. Beason was a key witness […]