by Mississippi Today | Feb 10, 2023 | Racism (Us vs Them)
A white supermajority of the Mississippi House voted after an intense, four-plus hour debate to create a separate court system and an expanded police force within the city of Jackson—the Blackest city in America—that would be appointed completely by white state...
by Common Dreams | Jan 31, 2023 | Racism (Us vs Them)
Full Disclosure: We couldn’t watch the entire video of the savage beating to death of Tyre Nichols by five armed thugs of the state, all twice his size, all seized by “a wild, punishing violence” as they screamed a barrage of orders to their...
by Common Dreams | Jan 26, 2023 | Racism (Us vs Them)
Graciously offering up some black trauma porn with dinner, a Republican Women’s Club in Kentucky just hosted a book promo at a local restaurant for Jon Mattingly, one of the Louisville police officers who helped murder Breonna Taylor in her bed, to tell...
by Environmental Health News | Jan 22, 2023 | Racism (Us vs Them)
Racist beauty standards are driving the use of beauty products that are often contaminated with chemicals that alter the human endocrine system, cause organ damage, and spur cancer in communities of color, according to new research. Chemical straighteners and skin...
by The Conversation | Jan 18, 2023 | Racism (Us vs Them)
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ disdain for “woke ideology” is on full display. At a January 2023 inaugural event, the governor boasted that “Florida is where woke goes to die.” This is more than political bluster. In just the past month, DeSantis has stacked the board of...
by Common Dreams | Jan 13, 2023 | Racism (Us vs Them)
Voting rights advocates in Wisconsin on Thursday called on a far-right conspiracy theorist and member of the state’s election authority to resign following revelations that he boasted about suppressing Black and Brown Milwaukee voters during last year’s...