School districts across the country are suddenly wrestling with the same question: Should police officers be in schools? In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, Minneapolis schools cut their contract with the local police department. Then Portland did. Then Denver. A majority of the Oakland school board members say they will, too, while Chicago’s school Read More…
How The Black Panthers Got Their Start – Policing The Police Members of the Black Panthers line up at a rally at DeFremery Park in Oakland, Calif Courtesy of Stephen Shames and Firelight Media Nearly 50 years ago, in 1966, a group of six black men in Oakland, Calif., came together in an effort to Read More…
Homemade energy crisis? Another refinery, owned by Chevron, goes up in flames – sabotage of oil infrastructure? Ethan Huff This article may contain statements that reflect the opinion of the author The night of the midterm election, another oil refinery, this one owned by Chevron and located in El Segundo, Calif., caught fire under mysterious Read More…
Who was Sarah Baartman? – Unknown/Mysterious Facts Saartjie (Sara) Baartman was one of the first black women known to be subjugated to human sexual trafficking. She was derisively named the “Hottentot Venus” by Europeans as her body would be publicly examined and exposed inhumanly throughout the duration of her young life. Moreover. her experience reinforced Read More…
A Secretive US Navy Base on British land, Sad Story inside Diego Garcia, Is At The Center Of A Bitter Tug-of-War in the Indian Ocean An undated file photo of Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean and the site of a major US military base leased from Britain Read More…
As innocent Black men wait in prison to be exonerated, their families share the toll Wrongful convictions have long-lasting consequences spanning generations — and Black families are affected the most. Tomekia Hicks-Gaskins was 29 when her brother, Termaine Hicks, went to prison for a rape he did not commit. She was 48 when he was Read More…
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