Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Criminal Justice and Racism links 111417



Meet the Trigger Warning Queer & Trans Gun Club, an armed response to the U.S. far right


 

Justice, if You Can Afford It


 

Texans Owner On NFL Protests: ‘We Can’t Have Inmates Running The Prison’: He later apologized, saying it was just a “figure of speech.”


 

Christian pastor: Women who dress provocatively are committing sexual assault on men


 

Tennessee ‘White Lives Matter’ Demonstrators Outnumbered by Counterprotesters


 

White Nationalist Rally in Tennessee Cancelled Amid Massive Counterprotester Turnout


 

White supremacists' favorite myths about black crime rates take another hit from BJS study


 

Written Testimony of Ashley Potts


 

Seahawks Players Didn’t Burn Flag


 

Nurse forcibly arrested for doing her job gets $500K settlement


 

2 Indianapolis Officers Won't Be Charged in Fatal Shooting: Special prosecutor decides 2 Indianapolis police officers won't face charges for the June shooting death of an unarmed black motorist


 

Where The National Anthem Fits Into Military’s Paid Displays With NFL


 

Pentagon Paid Sports Teams Millions For 'Paid Patriotism' Events


 

Papa John is trying to blame falling pizza sales on black athletes protesting racial injustice


 

Trump's choice for head of civil rights at Justice Department spent years defending discrimination


 

‘Spineless sack of sh*t’ Paul Ryan lambasted for saying Texas shooting victims ‘need our prayers’


 

Hours after horrific mass shooting, Texas attorney general urges more people to bring guns to church: "As a country, what do we do? How can we get our arms around this and stop this insanity?"


 

Marilyn Manson - Killing Strangers


 

Calif. Just Passed Landmark Law to Stop Bosses From Discriminating Against People with Convictions


 

Philadelphia Just Elected a District Attorney Who Has Sued the City’s Police Department 75 times: Larry Krasner sent shock waves through the Pennsylvania political establishment after winning the Philadelphia Democratic primary for district attorney in May.


 

White Lawmakers Are Using Alabama's Racist State Constitution To Keep Black Wages Down: Alabama wrote its 1901 constitution to “establish white supremacy.” Workers in a majority-black city say it’s Jim Crow all over again.


 

Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Absurdity of Hope: How Obama and Trump destroyed Ta-Nehisi Coates’ faith in racial progress.


 

Remembering the Elaine Massacre


 

Poor Excuses: The Relationship between Poverty and White Nationalism


 

Building Humanism, Busting Myth and Privilege


 

Civil Rights and Our Nation’s Conscience


 

In Bed With the Humanists


 

When Religious Freedom Is a Recipe for Discrimination


 

A Warm Embrace


 

Colorado Springs woman spent 27 days in jail because she couldn’t pay $55 fee: “I didn’t think you could jail someone just because they were poor.” — Jasmine Still


 

The NRA’s New Scare Tactics: With Trump in the White House, the gun lobby has transformed into a right-wing media outlet.


 

It’s the Culture, Stupid: Identity politics isn’t the problem for Democrats. It’s the solution.


 

The Return of Fascism: From Norway to Greece, far-right nationalists are attacking migrants, raiding mosques, and winning elections


 

Toni Morrison’s Radical Vision of Otherness: The history of racism and exclusion in the United States is the history of whiteness.


 

Club Fed: Why the government goes easy on corporate crime.


 

Plea bargains save time and money but are too easily abused


 

Private Prisons Lock Up Thousands Of Americans With Almost No Oversight: Amidst a boon for their business, it remains easy for them to hide what goes wrong.


 

Not Tough, Not Smart: What Trump Gets Wrong about Vetting and the Justice System.  Knee jerk responses based on prejudice rather than facts aren’t going to keep us safer.


 

America Is Waking Up to the Injustice of Cash Bail: Seventy percent of people in jail haven’t been convicted of a crime. They just can’t afford bail.


 

Prosecutors Are Banding Together to Prevent Criminal-Justice Reform: A new investigation shows that DA associations are thwarting changes to the death penalty, sentencing, and more.


 

Letters From the November 6, 2017, Issue: Kneeling down, rising up… The wrong idol… False flag… Digital redistricting?… A worthy candidate… From the stacks…


 

Letters From the November 13, 2017, Issue: Fighting gunfire with…?  Debating violence, peacefully…


 

Does Tomi Lahren even know why NFL players are taking a knee? Seems not: Tomi Lahren can’t seem to remember why NFL players are protesting


 

Is it ‘against the law’ for NFL players to kneel for the national anthem, as Roy Moore said? No


 

Taking a Knee to To Take A Stand: Why NFL Players’ Protest is Important


 

Ex-Green Beret And NFL Player On His Role In, Reaction To Anthem Protests


 

In 2017, It’s Still a Crime to Be Poor: But across the country, a new movement is pushing back against the criminalization of poverty.


 

Women in the Service Sector Are at the Forefront of Resisting Sexual Harassment: Strength in numbers is more powerful than naming and shaming.


 

Are Sexual Predators in the Workplace Finally Facing Justice?  It’s hard to believe that a country that elected Donald Trump will take a no-tolerance attitude with the mini-Trumps all around us.


 

A Guide to the Louisa County Free Negro & Slave Records, 1770–1865


 

Oedipus


 

The Color of Terrorism and the Whiteness of the Lone Wolf: We’ll do everything to prevent terrorist attacks, but are seemingly powerless against white male shooters.


 

After the NAACP: Ben Jealous stepped down as the “de facto president of black America” to become an investor and educator. Now he’s running for governor in Maryland. What does that say about the eminent civil rights organization?


 

Lyons: Sexual harassment occurs with alarming frequency


 

Me Too. And You. And You.  We can’t stop sexual violence until we understand how very mundane it is.


 

Abuses of Power: Notes on Harvey Weinstein


 

Bed Sheet Flapping from the Oval Office


 

Let’s Not Neglect the Alpha Creep


 

It Happens All the Time: Hollywood, Washington, the Old South


 

Player Protests Are Not a Spectator Sport: Amplifying the movement is critical, it is not a substitute for a movement in and of itself.


 

I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar


 

Assault Weapons Not Protected by Second Amendment, Federal Appeals Court Rules


 

Jennifer Rubin smashes Republican defenders of Moore


 

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