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Black Lives Matter Nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

The Black Lives Matter movement, which has proven itself a defining force for human rights advocacy in our time, has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. The nomination was made by a Norwegian member of Parliament, Petter Eide, according to the Guardian. Three Black women—Alicia Garza, Patrice Cullors, and Opal Tometi—founded the Black Lives…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

January 30, 2021
Law Enforcement, News

2 Kenosha Police Officers Who Were Present at Jacob Blake Shooting Are Back on Active Duty

While Jacob Blake hasn’t received justice for the seven shots fired into his back, two of the officers who watched it happen have been placed back on active duty. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Officers Vincent Arenas and Brittany Meronek had been on administrative leave since the Aug. 23 shooting. Neither of them used…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

January 28, 2021
News, Race Matters

Emmett Till's Childhood Home Approved as Chicago City Landmark

Emmett Till. To many Americans, Emmett Till is a scary ghost story—one of evil and violent white men, evil and devious white women and a lynching that shook the nation to its core—told to remind America of its dark past. For many Black people, his story is far more typical than America will ever admit.…

By

Zack Linly

Published

January 28, 2021
News

San Francisco Will Rename 44 Schools—Including Ones Honoring Abraham Lincoln and George Washington

The San Francisco Board of Education has decided to kick some presidents’ names off of public school buildings in the city, in an apparent bid to challenge racism and oppression. The school board recently approved a resolution to rename 44 of the 125 schools in its district because their names honor people with ties to…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

January 28, 2021
Politics

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Can Be a Conspiracy Theorist, But She Shouldn’t Be a Member of Congress

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is trash. In fact, when actual trash was placed next to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the trash kept wondering what the hell that smell was. It was Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bullshit. Greene is one of these people who believes that the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Fla., in which children…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

January 28, 2021
News

9-Year-Old From Haiti Detained by Immigration in Trump’s Final Days in Office Is Released Home to Family

Vladimir Fardin, a 9-year-old boy who was separated from his family and held in a shelter for unaccompanied immigrant children in the final days of the Trump administration has been released and is now back home in Haiti. Vladimir had flown into the U.S. last Sunday with his older brother, Christian Laporte, a 19-year-old who…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

January 28, 2021
Politics

Man Charged With Sending Threatening Texts to Congressman’s Family During the Capitol Riot

There are certain Congress members who look like they are about that life. All of “the Squad,” aka the A-Team, look like they can fight. They all look like they just finished telling someone, “I’m getting tired of people playing with my money.” On the other hand, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) does not. He looks…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

January 28, 2021
News

Biden Signs Order Halting Federal Private Prison Contract Renewals, But Falls Short on Ending For-Profit Immigration Detention Centers

We have to give President Joe Biden credit. One week in office and he’s making moves towards establishing a government that defends the kind of values most of us support, the same ones the previous administration was outright hostile towards. You know, values such as racial equity, believing in science, and most recently, the proliferation…

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Ishena Robinson

Published

January 27, 2021
Politics

Biden to Reopen Affordable Care Act Health Plans, Because Pandemic

Using his pen, also known as the undoer of all things Trump, President Joe Biden is set to sign executive actions as early as Thursday that will reopen “federal marketplaces selling Affordable Care Act health plans and to lower recent barriers to joining Medicaid.” According to the Washington Post, this will be the Biden administration’s…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

January 26, 2021
News

Federal Law Enforcement Might Let Some Capitol Attackers Get Away Without Charges for Insurrection

It shouldn’t come as that much of a surprise, yet it’s still very disturbing to hear that federal law enforcement officials are considering not even charging some of the people who broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in a violent attempt to stop the rightful certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral win. Sources…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

January 24, 2021