Month / April 2021
In Historic Move, House Panel Advances Reparations Legislation to Study Impact of Slavery and Racism
After decades of trying to get America to start the process of reckoning with its history of slavery and its contemporary effects, a House panel advanced legislation that would support a study to figure out how to address the issue. This is the first time […]
Black Female Cop Who Was Fired For Trying To Stop Chokehold In 2008, Wins Ruling, Will Receive Pension, Back pay
A New York judge ruled that a former Black female police officer in Buffalo who was fired in 2008 after intervening when a white officer placed a suspect in a chokehold, will receive back pay and her pension. Cariol Horne was fired following a 2006 […]
Oklahoma Senate Passes Bill Allowing Drivers to Hit Protesters Without Being Charged
Oklahoma lawmakers have passed a bill that they’re pretending is about protecting citizens when it’s really about their contempt for anti-racism protesters. The legislation that passed in the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday increases penalties for protesters who block streets while granting blanket immunity for drivers who […]
BLM Defends Founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors From Financial Criticism
Black Lives Matter Global Network, which represents the movement behind the scenes, has defended its co-founder and Executive Director Patrisse Khan-Cullors’ earnings. Cullors’ property records were allegedly exposed by a right-wing watchdog, suggesting that the self-proclaimed Marxist feminist owns luxury real estate in Southern California and a […]
Atlanta School Board Distances Itself from Confederate Past, Renames School in Honor of Hank Aaron
At first glance, Forrest Hill Academy might look like just about every other high school in Atlanta. That is, until you realize that it’s named after Nathan Bedford Forrest; a Confederate general who also just so happened to be a whole-ass Ku Klux Klan grand […]
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