Sunday, November 24, 2019

Criminal Justice and Racism links 112419



We can’t incarcerate our way to recovery

The constant threat to black lives

For African-Americans, home is not a safe-haven

Plantation reviews: Some white people don't want to hear about slavery at slave sites - The Washington Post

'An Ecological Abomination': Trump Moves to Open Largest Protected Forest in US to Logging Industry
"This ecologically rich landscape and critical wildlife habitat will be lost forever if industry is allowed to clear-cut our national forest."

Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts

AFRICAN AMERICAN WEALTH MAY FALL TO ZERO BY 2053

Buffy Sainte Marie - "Now that the Buffalo's Gone"

Tommie Smith and John Carlos: Heroes at Last

O Canada: Race and Class North of the Border

Yes! Many Millennials Are Plagued With Racism!

Privileging White Skin

Is Marsy’s Law constitutional? A Pa. judge will make the first decision soon

When “lynching” becomes a partisan term

How Men Distort the Race Debate: The rhetorical obsession with single mothers obscures the root cause of racial inequality.

Moving Beyond Misogyny: Why do they hate us?

The Making of a White Supremacist Myth: Why the far-right pushes the lie that black Americans fought as Confederate soldiers

The Art of the Unspeakable: How feminist performance artists found a way to express the trauma of sexual violence

What John Rawls Missed: Are his principles for a just society enough today?

Issue: Marsy's Law Or "Crime Victims' Rights Amendment"

Lawsuit: Department of Corrections ignored red flags

(In 1997 article – anything to please Russia?) US votes against UN resolution condemning gay sex death penalty, joining Iraq and Saudi Arabia: America one of 13 countries on Human Rights Council to oppose historic vote

Kentucky elects first African American attorney general

Montgomery, Alabama elects Steven Reed as first black mayor

After Racist Attacks, Former Refugee Makes History as First Somali-American Elected to City Council in Lewiston, Maine: "You might smear us. You might hurl racist attacks at us. But we will always rise up to serve our communities."

Cop Who Killed Tamir Rice Hired By Bellaire, Ohio, Police Department

MORE THAN 80 PERCENT OF BLACK VOTERS WANT DONALD TRUMP IMPEACHED AND REMOVED FROM OFFICE

Historic promotions highlight U.D. police ceremony

NASA's 'Hidden Figures' to be Awarded Congressional Gold Medals

‘Kill yourself,’ she texted, and he killed himself. Does that make her a killer?  It is not the American way to imprison people for bad words. There is a price to be paid for adhering to that principle, but there’s a heavier price to be paid for abandoning it.

Harriet Tubman: A Maryland Story

The Invisible Soldiers (Blacks in WWII Documentary)

Hate crimes reach 16-year high according to FBI report

The Real Problem With Paula Deen: Why was Paula Deen allowed to be the authority on Southern cooking for over a decade?

Ray Cromartie: Death row inmate executed without testing DNA evidence ‘that could have proved his innocence’.  Lawyer calls decision to deny tests 'sad and frankly outrageous'

'BLACK VOTERS FOR TRUMP' BOARD MEMBER SAYS WOMEN SHOULD BE 'SUBMISSIVE' AND 'HANDMAIDENS'

Firefighter dies while trying to save baby from burning home

Tiffany Haddish Loves Being Jewish. We Talked to Her About It.  The Black Jewish comedian opened up about her bat mitzvah, upcoming Netflix special, and why she wants her friends to study Torah.

11.14.19 Veterans for Peace and the case for reparations

Who Will Win the Black Vote in 2020? | The Daily Show

David Bald Eagle, Lakota Chief, Musician, Cowboy And Actor, Dies At 97 (Sorry article is 3 years old)

On Thanksgiving Week, Native Americans Are Being Tear-Gassed in North Dakota: “Basically, it’s an act of war,” a Sioux leader says.

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