Category / Injustice
Louisiana Supreme Court Decides a Black Man Should Stay in Prison for the Rest of His Life for Stealing Hedge Clippers
There has been plenty of discussion about whether prison is more about rehabilitation, punishment or keeping society safe. However, for Black people especially, it often seems like there’s a fourth option: Prison is about throwing undesirable people away. More than 20 years ago, a Black man […]
Aurora, Colo., Police Apologize After Handcuffing and Detaining Black Children Wrongly Suspected of Riding in Stolen Car
When we talk about systemic racism in policing, we’re not just talking about the extrajudicial executions of unarmed Black people. It’s not just about the shootings and the chokehold, but it’s also about racial profiling, harassment and the general disregard for the physical, mental […]
Ghislaine Maxwell trained underage girls as sex slaves, documents allege
Ghislaine Maxwell sexually abused underage girls and joined Jeffrey Epstein in directing Virginia Roberts Giuffre to be sexually abused by others, Giuffre claimed in a cache of documents that has been unsealed in the US. She “trained me as a sex slave”, Giuffre is quoted as […]
Honduran Community Demands Safe Return Of Four Afro-Indigenous Environmental Activists Abducted At Gunpoint
A Honduran community is outraged over the abduction of four Black Indigenous men who were taken from their homes by gunmen in police uniforms. According to The Guardian, witnesses say men with guns wearing face coverings arrived in the town of Triunfo de la Cruz in the […]
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