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According to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League, white supremacists are targeting college students at an astounding rate. Between 2016 and 2017, white supremacist propaganda on college campuses increased by 258 percent, from 41 to 147. Of course, along with that jump came a certain orange skinned president, and the connection between this and […]

How nations treat their most vulnerable, often children and the elderly, reflects their values. So while Congress battled over whether to revive American government—and did so after a brief shutdown—millions of Americans wondered whether their children’s health would be compromised in the shuffle. People of various backgrounds hoped that the bi-partisan support that kept the […]

43 criminal cases are likely to be dropped after a Baltimore police officer “self-reported” footage of a “re-enactment of the seizure of evidence.” In other words, body camera footage captured an officer planting evidence – yes, for a third time – and they gave the department a heads up in advance. 

Protestors in Durham, N.C. got tired of waiting for local politicians to remove the Confederate monuments that can be found in many Southern states.  So they decided to make it their own responsibility. 

Contrary to popular belief, the Movement for Black Lives is not solely about police brutality. Bigger than body cameras and electoral politics, the Movement is about Black liberation and freedom for all Black people. Liberation and freedom are unconventional in the sense that the system under which society currently operates makes those two realities impossible. […]

The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va. was surrounded by adoring eyes that reflected the flickering flames of lit torches. Chants of “You will not replace us” and “No more brother wars” could be heard from the crowd of Confederate sympathizers, according to NBC News. This incident didn’t happen during the Reconstruction […]

By Blake Simons The present day Movement for Black Lives, which I argue was revived by the people of Oakland after the murder of Oscar Grant, and came into fruition because of the rebellion that working class Black folks started in Ferguson after the murder of Mike Brown, has been co-opted by Black capitalistic neo-liberals.

Chicago’s Trump Tower has become a hotspot of local protests in recent months for obvious reasons. Given all of the president’s controversial statements and policies and the mostly-liberal ideology of the city, the stretch along the Chicago River has become even more of a high-traffic area than it already was. The latest example of the […]

Many citizens serving time in the American justice system are deprived of some of the most basic rights and services in this country. Fortunately, work is being done to slowly change this. A huge moral victory came as a federal judge ruled that the state is required to see if Mumia Abu-Jamal is eligible for treatment […]

After nearly a year of contentious political discourse surrounding the funding of Planned Parenthood, President Obama has moved to guarantee funding for the organization, which provides reproductive health care at a low cost for men and women, including contraception, abortion care, cancer screenings and a plethora of other essential services. This is an important step […]

During the protests for Alton Sterling’s killing by the hands of police, many of the demonstrators who took to the streets were arrested and held in police custody. One of them was the easily recognizable DeRay McKesson, whose arrest was streamed live for the world to see. According to the Baltimore Sun, the prominent Black Lives […]

On Monday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that the US Justice Department would be investigating the use of force and deadly force from the Chicago Police Department. This announcement was made just weeks after footage was released of LaQuan McDonald being killed in cold blood by Officer Jason Van Dyke and during an onslaught of footage being […]