Police Brutality4/9/21Apr 94Police Brutality4/9/21Police BrutalityNo Charges for NYPD Officer Seen on Video Kneeling on Black Man's Neck, Despite Law Passed After George Floyd's DeathIshena Robinson19Challenging police brutality and the lack of accountability for the officers who practice it is a continuing battle,…
News4/9/21Apr 91News4/9/21NewsPrince Philip Dies at 99, and Fox News Is Already Blaming Meghan MarkleIshena Robinson50Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of the United Kingdom’s long-serving monarch Queen Elizabeth, has…
Police Brutality4/8/21Apr 81Police Brutality4/8/21Police BrutalityCity in Ohio Agrees to Pay Couple $450,000 to Settle Suit of Police Brutality From Viral 2017 VideoIshena Robinson4Another day, another incident of taxpayers holding the bag for police officers who treat members of the public…
News4/8/21Apr 81News4/8/21NewsKentucky Bucks Trend by Passing Law to Expand Voting Rights, While Mississippi Election Chief Worries About ‘Woke’ People Being Registered to VoteIshena Robinson15While Republican-led state legislatures across the country are ramming through measures to make it harder for people…
Mass Incarceration4/8/21Apr 8SaveMass Incarceration4/8/21Mass IncarcerationBlack Florida Man Released From Prison After 30 Years, but Prosecutors Still Want Him Locked UpIshena Robinson22The legacy of racism in America’s “justice” system has frequently resulted in the release of Black men from prison,…
News4/7/21Apr 7SaveNews4/7/21NewsProsecutor Closes Case Against Georgia State Rep Arrested For Knocking on Gov. Brian Kemp's DoorIshena Robinson8Georgia State Rep. Park Cannon will not be facing eight years in prison after all, in the newest development in the…
News4/7/21Apr 7SaveNews4/7/21NewsExhibiting a Lack of Logic or Decency, Virginia Lt. Gov. Fairfax Says He's Been Treated Like George Floyd and Emmett TillIshena Robinson2Let’s just start off by saying that Virginia’s Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax ain’t shit.
Books4/7/21Apr 7SaveBooks4/7/21BooksAnti-Racism Titles Are All Over the List of 10 Most Challenged Books in 2020Ishena Robinson8While 2020 marked an inflection point in the nation’s awareness of issues of racial injustice, it also quickly…
News4/6/21Apr 64News4/6/21NewsNew Research States the Obvious: White Racist Fears, Not Economic Anxiety, Likely Drove the Capitol InsurrectionIshena Robinson43Some mainstream (re: white) writers and thinkers have instinctually sought to find a way to point to “economic…
News4/6/21Apr 6SaveNews4/6/21NewsStarbucks, Goldman Sachs, ACLU and Others Pledge to Tackle Racial Wealth Gap by Boosting Black Employment and Business InvestmentsIshena RobinsonSome of the biggest companies in America say they will put their considerable might behind a mission of closing the…
Coronavirus4/6/21Apr 6SaveCoronavirus4/6/21CoronavirusBiden to Announce Vaccine Access for Everyone by April 19, But White Evangelicals Might Still Stubbornly Hold OutIshena Robinson45As vaccines become more and more available across the country, the challenge of getting past this panny may hinge on…
Police Brutality4/5/21Apr 5SavePolice Brutality4/5/21Police BrutalityNot Just Firing: Marvin Scott's Family Wants Criminal Charges Against Texas Cops After 26-Year-Old's Death in CustodyIshena Robinson9Another Black family is mourning a loved one and calling on the justice system to hold police officers criminally…
Politics4/5/21Apr 53Politics4/5/21PoliticsReactions to MLB Moving All-Star Game From Georgia: Some Dems Acknowledge Necessity of Action, Big Mad Republicans Blame WokenessIshena Robinson35The fallout from Georgia’s new voter suppression laws and the Major Baseball League’s decision to pull the All-Star…
News4/5/21Apr 5SaveNews4/5/21NewsDay 6 of Chauvin Trial to Kick Off With More Police Testimony, MPD Chief Who Fired Accused Expected to Take StandIshena Robinson3Derek Chauvin’s trial for the death of George Floyd is set to continue Monday with more witness testimony, and the…
News4/2/21Apr 22News4/2/21NewsChicago Cops Kill 13-Year Old, Calls Grow for City to Release Bodycam Video Amid Family’s QuestionsIshena Robinson8Cops are still carrying on with cop shenanigans—including what they prefer to euphemistically describe as “police-inv…
News4/2/21Apr 2SaveNews4/2/21NewsDerek Chauvin Trial, Day 5: Senior Minneapolis Officer Testifies 'Putting Your Knee on the Neck for That Amount of Time Is Just Uncalled For'Ishena Robinson6The first week of witness testimony in the Derek Chauvin trial ended with a veteran lieutenant of the Minneapolis…
News4/2/21Apr 2SaveNews4/2/21NewsGeorgia Faith Leaders Call for April 7 Boycott if Companies Don’t Step Up Fight Against Voter Restriction Laws; Stacey Abrams Says Hold OffIshena Robinson15Georgia Republicans’ recent passage of voter suppression measures is facing a building challenge from stakeholders…
News3/31/21Mar 311News3/31/21NewsDelta CEO, Atlanta's Major Sports Teams Call Out Georgia's Voting Law; Flood of Corp. Statements After Black Execs Demand More Companies Speak OutIshena Robinson26The story of the egregious legislation recently passed by Republican lawmakers in Georgia, which prohibits the…
News3/31/21Mar 31SaveNews3/31/21NewsNew York Puff-Puff-Passes Bill Legalizing Marijuana and Cuomo Signs It Into LawIshena Robinson16Amidst his considerable PR troubles, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill on Wednesday that should serve as a…
Criminal Justice3/31/21Mar 311Criminal Justice3/31/21Criminal JusticeAs Chauvin Trial Again Puts Our Faith in the Justice System to the Test, Witnesses Emerge as Hopeful, Heart-Wrenching Reminders of HumanityIshena Robinson20I have a confession to make: I have not seen the infamous video of George Floyd’s last moments of life under the…