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Massive Racial Disparity in Kentucky’s Vaccination Numbers Underscores the Enduring Power of Structural Racism
The racial inequities that have been brought into stark relief by the COVID-19 pandemic are again being made painfully apparent in the current phase of vaccine distribution. The vast disparity in the number of Black people and white people in Kentucky who have received vaccines—less than 19,000 for the former, according to WFPL, compared to…
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‘I Will Not Make That Happen’: Biden Says No to $50,000 Student Debt Forgiveness
Get ready to lower your expectations if you’d been hoping that President Biden would heed the call of some Democrats to cancel student debt up to $50,000 per borrower. The president outright rejected that idea during a town hall hosted by CNN in Milwaukee on Tuesday. After a member of the audience asked Biden how…
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Number of New Daily COVID-19 Cases Decreasing; Biden Says He’ll Surpass Goal of 100 Million Vaccine Doses
There are some hopeful indications that the U.S. could be turning a corner in the devastating coronavirus pandemic, though the quickly spreading virus still poses a considerable threat. The most recent data release from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center shows that the average daily number of new COVID-19 infections has dropped below 100,000. According…
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St. Louis to Pay $5 Million to Black Cop Who Was Beaten By Officers While Undercover as a Protestor
Taxpayers in St. Louis have ended up holding the bag for the actions of local police officers accused of beating and severely injuring one of their fellow cops during a 2017 protest. St. Louis Officer Luther Hall has secured a $5 million settlement agreement in his lawsuit against the city, related to his alleged assault…
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That's a Reach: Washington Post Claims Financial Problems Could Have Helped Fuel Capitol Insurgents
The tired and already debunked myth that white people support Trump because they are economically anxious is being dug up again to help rationalize the vile actions of the Capitol insurrectionists. On Wednesday, the Washington Post published a detailed dive into the apparently incomprehensible motivations of the Jan. 6 insurgents,and came to a conclusion that’s…
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Janet Irvin Arrested in Case of Quawan Charles, 15-Year-Old Whose Body Was Found in Louisiana Sugar Cane Field
A woman who reportedly was one of the last people to be seen with Quawan “Bobby” Charles, a Black teen who was found dead in a ditch near a sugar cane field in Loreauville, La., has been arrested in relation to the disturbing case. According to KLFY News, the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office announced on…
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After 64-Year-Old Inmate Dies of COVID-19, Lawyers Decry Conditions at Texas Jail Overcrowded With People Unable to Pay Cash Bail
The coronavirus pandemic continues to expose and exacerbate some of the worst inequities in America, especially those that disproportionately impact Black people. The continuing crisis of overcrowding at the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas, is evidence of this, according to civil rights lawyers working to sound the alarm about the fatal consequences of mass…
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Black Michigan Republican Thirsty for Racist Support Pledges to Cancel 'Offensive' Black History Month
You ever hear that saying about people who pull up the ladder behind them right after they’ve gotten where they want to be? I’d say it perfectly describes Austin Chenge, a Nigerian-American and Black Republican who is running for governor of Michigan against incumbent Gretchen Whitmer, who is up for re-election next year. As is…
