This essay contains discussions of racialized sexual violence and mentions r/pe by Donnie Moreland There is this thing with us, as Black men. This war. Well, less war and more an inter-communal pogrom, wherein any Black man who shows no desire to lay with women exclusively is designated a cancer, subject to extermination. The prevention […]
By Salaam Green Protest birthed out of the American south often sets the pace for revolutionary and radical campaigns for justice. While I was teaching creative drama with a group of fourth graders outside of Birmingham, Alabama, a hotbed for civil rights and the home of many justice movements, an eager fourth grader asked me […]
Wichita, Kansas-based Cargill Meat Solutions agreed to pay a $1.5 million settlement to 138 Somali-American Muslims who were denied prayer breaks and subsequently fired after they protested at its Fort Morgan, Colorado beef processing plant.
The city of Baltimore is still trying to sort out what to do after a video showed an officer planting drugs for an arrest. Before they can get to that, they need to figure out what to do about another video of a cop doing the exact same thing to someone else.Â
Body cameras are finally starting to work as they’re meant to and exposing violations and illegal actions committed by police officers. The latest example comes from Baltimore where a police officer appears to have unknowingly recorded himself planting drugs before making an arrest.Â
A north St. Louis man claims he was unfairly targeted, harassed and detained by police officers. 21-year-old Terry Robinson said officers saw him outside in the Blair neighborhood, handcuffed him and pretended to drive back to the police station.Â
The use of undercover informants is a pretty common practice to nab hard criminals. What isn’t supposed to happen is the blatant framing of an innocent man. The latter is exactly what happened to Donald Andrews Jr. in March. He runs a smoke shop in Scotia, New York.Â
Lolaycia Lewis’ wedding was set for March 2014, but she pushed it up for a very important and heartwarming reason. Lewis’ father Timothy is awaiting a heart transplant, and the family didn’t know if he’d be around to walk his baby girl down the aisle. So they brought the ceremony to the hospital chapel, and […]
15-year old Anthony Stokes – the Atlanta teen who was initially denied a heart transplant because of a history of “non-compliance” – has reportedly received the heart transplant he desperately needed.
A Children’s Hospital in Atlanta has reversed its decision to deny dying 15-Year Old Anthony Stokes a heart transplant because of his low grades and run-ins w/ the law after a fierce media backlash.
Due to an enlarged heart, Anthony Stokes, a 15-year-old boy, may die in six months or fewer if he doesn’t receive a transplant. might not receive it due to, according to members of his family, his low grades and past trouble with the law.
A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in a small Texas town has left an unknown number of people dead and dozens injured, and leveled homes and buildings blocks away. The explosion occurred around 8pm in a community near Waco, TX. According to CBS, the explosion could be heard 45 miles away. While its still unknown exactly […]
