Tag: Black Lives Matter Movement
Can a Formula 1 star send a message to the Saudi...
A lot of people say that sports aren’t a place for “politics.” But what they usually mean is that they want to maintain their willful ignorance.
Inside Portland’s autonomous protest movement
Portland, Oregon’s five months of ongoing protests in support of Black lives are sustained by a vast, multifaceted, and ever-evolving network of activists, organizers, and mutual aid.
Remembering the 1960s
The 1960s can inspire us today because as well as being a period of change, the decade was characterized by hope and optimism. We need hope.
‘I’d drop any 10 of you’: GOP Rep. Clay Higgins threatens...
The Louisiana lawmaker is a staunch gun rights advocate in an open carry state.
How the police killing of a Black Brazilian teen sparked a...
The police killing of João Pedro Mattos Pinto, a 14-year-old Black Brazilian in Rio de Janeiro, unmasked the scope of police brutality amid a pandemic and led to an unprecedented court decision.
Activist voices missing from corporate coverage of uprisings
Establishment media overwhelmingly turned to columnists, pundits and government officials for interpretation of the uprisings—rather than to the activists facing tear gas on the frontlines.
Oregon Senator promises to block Trump from sending armored federal law...
“We won't let these authoritarian tactics stand.”
Who’s really looting America?
By pitting us against each other – blaming immigrants, blaming liberals, and especially blaming people of color, and Black people in particular – they’ve divided us, and gotten away with it.
‘Stay in the streets’: Black Lives Matter movement in Seattle occupies...
“We cannot have a pacified movement.”
The American Dream: Living to 18
"You don’t want to die in a matter of seconds because of cops.” This has fueled the Black Lives Matter movement across the country and has put the American Dream for our younger generations into better perspective.
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Doctors and patients protest UnitedHealth’s record earnings amid patient suffering
Quick summary
• UnitedHealth Group reported over $100 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2024, with its...
Trump administration withdraws proposed PFAS regulations, giving polluters a green light
Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks spark outrage over PFAS deregulation.
Nationwide protests erupt against Trump’s inauguration amid fears of far-right agenda
Nationwide protests amplify voices against policies threatening marginalized communities.
Will MAGA Trumpism induce dire structural changes – or dead-end as a trashy, corrupt flash...
What if the elected felon managed to kick off two or three generations of Trump-style insurrections? So much for the sacred rule of law, honest elections, justice by fair trials, and noble traditions of civil rights.
Detroit’s death spiral?
How Trump’s climate policy could kill the U.S. auto industry.