Communities of color hit hardest
by heat waves: Like COVID-19, severe heat waves are not an “equal opportunity”
health threat. The most disinvested neighborhoods — those dominated by
buildings, pavement, and parking lots — are hit the hardest.
Racism is like a virus: 'Unless
we’re all actively working as one, I don’t think it’s ever really going to go
away.'
Walk of Courage
California slow on releasing
prisoners to help combat COVID-19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_kDmUGFffE
Michigan man refused service for
not wearing mask stabs customer, is fatally shot by deputy: A squabble over
coronavirus safeguards at a convenience store in Delta Township ends with the
stabbing of a 77-year-old man and the death of Sean Ernest Ruis.
Celebrating Juneteenth, Labor
Finds Its Voice for Racial Justice
Your White Neighbor’s “Black
Lives Matter” Yard Sign Is Not Enough: Being anti-racist means making places
safe for Black people to inhabit. Without that, BLM yard signs are just
performative allyship.
How Our Bloated Military
Strengthens the Police State: The violent U.S. domination of people of color
overseas is inextricably linked to the oppression of people of color at home.
The Thing About Police Unions
Texas Covid-19 Massacre: In the
face of coronavirus, the nation’s largest prison system refused to release
prisoners or take recommended health precautions.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/22584/texas-prisons-coronavirus-covid-deaths-releases-sanitizer
Kerner Report should be
revisited: Political leaders have an opportunity to get it right this time
around.
National Women’ History Museum
https://www.womenshistory.org/
Supreme Court won't block
Florida law limiting felons' voting rights
The Colfax Massacre and U.S. v
Cruikshank
The Border Patrol Was
Responsible for an Arrest in Portland: An internal memo, obtained exclusively
by The Nation, details a coordinated program of domestic counterinsurgency.
‘Terrifying for citizens’:
Oregon gov. reacts to Trump’s ‘invasion’ of Portland. Gov. Brown: “This is absolutely unacceptable.
This was purely a photo opportunity for political theater for the Trump
administration. He is trying to distract. … They only want to escalate. They
want to dominate the streets.”
US Attorney For Oregon Calls For
Investigation Into Portland Protester Arrests
https://www.opb.org/news/article/us-attorney-oregon-investigation-portland-protester-arrests/
Federal Law Enforcement Use
Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets
https://www.opb.org/news/article/federal-law-enforcement-unmarked-vehicles-portland-protesters/
The Authoritarian Operation in
Portland Is Only a Dress Rehearsal: A major American city is being softly
Pinochet’ed in broad daylight.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a33347230/portland-oregon-protesters-detained/
Trump Unleashes Armed Federal
Agents on Portland Protesters | Reich at Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcWxZvZD58Q
Breonna Taylor was alive after
police shooting, did not receive treatment
A Veteran Wants to Restore Faith
In America—And Protect Black People While Doing It
https://www.theroot.com/a-veteran-wants-to-restore-faith-in-america-and-protect-1844405486
US Intelligence Turns to the
Boogaloo Movement: After downplaying the threat of right-wing domestic
terrorism, top intelligence agencies take notice of a rising militia.
Thousands of California Prison
Inmates Set to Be Released Because of COVID-19 Outbreaks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBIcUrfM-VM
John Lewis’s Legacy and
America’s Redemption: The civil-rights leader, who died Friday, acknowledged
the darkest chapters of the country’s history, yet insisted that change was
always possible.
What the Removal of a K.G.B.
Statue Can Teach America
https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/what-the-removal-of-a-kgb-statue-can-teach-america
“A Time for Burning,” Reviewed
Trump Whistles Racist Base
https://www.populist.com/26.13.edit.html
Hightower: George Floyd, me, you
... and Donald Trump coup!
Letters to the Editor: BLM
Reminiscent of Bonus Army, etc.
https://www.populist.com/26.13.letters.html
Are We Ready for a Black Jesus?
https://www.populist.com/26.13.rollins.html
Defund Police Militarization
https://www.populist.com/26.13.mcmillen.html
Learning Not to Look Away:
Anti-racist work can be emotionally difficult. Take time to process your
feelings — but don’t forget the big picture.
https://www.populist.com/26.13.richardson.html
Five Things You Can Do About
Racism
https://www.populist.com/26.13.burnett.html
Mary Sanchez: Calls to defund
the police must also address disarming America
Police Abuse: Reform or
Revolution?
https://www.populist.com/26.13.rodriguez.html
Richard D. Wolff – How Racism Is
an Essential Tool for Maintaining the Capitalist Order
Prohibiting the Peaceful: How
Nonviolent Protests Get Criminalized Here and Around the World
https://www.populist.com/26.13.schmidt.html
Graven Images
https://www.populist.com/26.13.kalet.html
Athletes Are Taking Their
Solidarity to the Streets: A new factor in these protests for Black lives has
been the presence of athletes in the marches.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/bradley-beal-black-lives-matter/
Trump, Mt. Rushmore, COVID and
the KKK
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/7/2/trump_mt_rushmore_covid_and_the
My Statement on the Passing of
Rep. John Lewis
https://medium.com/@BarackObama/my-statement-on-the-passing-of-rep-john-lewis-fa86761cd964
US attorney requests DHS
investigation after video shows masked, camouflaged federal authorities
arresting protesters in Portland
Let's talk about Portland again
and manuals....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onmsFzEtK7U
This is How Holocausts Happen,
How Nations Lose Their Humanity
Celebrities and Activists Come
to Defense of Death Row Inmate Julius Jones | NowThis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5qZ3G5Z6x4
How We Remember a Prophet:
Republicans who refuse to restore the Voting Rights Act while decorating the
grave of Representative John Lewis with flowery words testify against
themselves.
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/john-lewis-obituary-prophet/
Why Black Lives Don't Matter to
'Black Lives Matter' | Opinion
https://www.newsweek.com/why-black-lives-dont-matter-black-lives-matter-opinion-1515183
Civil rights attorney Leo
Terrell will vote Republican for the first time because of the Far-Left
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaFO_3WEqg8
Leo Terrell: The Democratic
Party left me
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/leo-terrell-the-democratic-party-left-me/vi-BB16Q5Vd
Federal judge's son shot and
killed, husband injured in attack at their NJ home: Judge Esther Salas, who
serves on the federal bench in New Jersey, was not hurt.
Trump signals he will send
federal agents to major cities
John Lewis's Legacy and
America's Redemption: The civil-rights leader, who died Friday, acknowledged
the darkest chapters of the country’s history, yet insisted that change was
always possible.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/27/how-to-redeem-america
Is your business model
anti-racist?
Portland’s Wall of Moms Joined
by Dads With Leaf Blowers Against Trump’s Police
Diplomat Who Saved Jews During
WWII Honored
Holocaust survivor, 102, meets
nephew after thinking all family died in war
Protest and Survive! We can’t wait until January 2021 to shift
course. Our lives depend on disruption now.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/protest-survive-aids-coronavirus/
Maya Moore for the Win: Jonathan
Irons finally walks free thanks to the efforts of the all-time basketball
great.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/maya-moore-jonathan-irons-free/
Black Trans Lives Must Be Front
and Center: Racist policing is particularly devastating for Black trans and gender-nonconforming
people.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/black-transgender-policing-violence/
Black Liberation and Indigenous
Sovereignty Are Interconnected: I’m a guest in the Black Lives Matter movement,
and making images is how I show my support.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/black-liberation-indigenous-sovereignty/
The Long List of Names That Came
Before Breonna Taylor and George Floyd: Samuel Williams. Tyisha Miller. Amadou
Diallo. Eric Garner. I’ve reported their names for decades. This time feels
different.
The “abolish the police”
movement, explained by 7 scholars and activists
https://dnyuz.com/2020/06/12/the-abolish-the-police-movement-explained-by-7-scholars-and-activists/
'Defund police' can work if
these other communities will fight violence
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/12/defund-police-violent-crime
What Would Efforts to Defund or
Disband Police Departments Really Mean? Much is not yet certain, but here’s
what is known so far about some efforts to defund or abolish police
departments.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/us/what-does-defund-police-mean.html
Trump's 'law and order' is
starting to look like martial law
With Bill to Mandate Identifying
Info on Officer Uniforms, AOC Says US 'Should Not Have Secret Police': "If
an officer violates their agency's policies, their victim should have the
ability to report them to their agency and demand accountability."
'This is not a dictatorship!':
Portland protesters push back harder against Trump, federal agents
Let's talk about what would
happen if Trump followed the manual....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTNqT6LcW1o
Philadelphia's Top Prosecutor Is
Prepared to Arrest Federal Agents: After Trump said he would send agents to
more cities, Philly’s district attorney lays out how he might criminally charge
federal officers.
Philly DA Larry Krasner: Trump
Is a “Wannabe Fascist.” I Will Charge His Agents If They Break Law
Enough Is Enough: Trump Gestapo
Attacks Navy Veteran in Portland
Portland Mayor Tear Gassed at
Protests, Accuses Federal Officers of Engaging in 'Urban Warfare'
No, Obama Did Not Sign the Law
Authorizing Arrests of Portland Protesters by Unidentified Federal Agents
DHS Chief Says His Federal
Agents Are ‘Proactively’ Arresting People In Portland
Portland Protest Tactics:
Umbrellas, Pool Noodles and Fire
Congressional Candidate Josh
Hicks on Confederate Statues | NowThis
Trump’s fake solution to the
fake crisis in Portland
Portland Federal Agents Accused
of War Crimes for Destroying Medical Supplies
Judge denies Oregon push to
limit federal agents during arrests: The state sued on behalf of its residents
and was seeking a restraining order to prevent injuries by federal agents in
the future.
The business of growing talent:
Indigenous screenwriters are encouraged to submit their scripts for
consideration and possible placement into the television and film industry
New ‘wall’ of military veterans
protect protesters in Portland
https://nypost.com/2020/07/25/new-wall-of-military-veterans-protect-protesters-in-portland/
The Federal Response to Protests
Extends Far Beyond Portland: A document responding to inquiries by Senator
Kamala Harris shows the extent of CBP involvement in local law enforcement.
America Is a Country Besieged by
Its Own President. By sending in federal agents to snatch protesters from the
streets, Donald Trump is stretching the powers of the Presidency to foment
civil strife and distract attention from his pandemic failures.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/america-is-a-country-besieged-by-its-own-president
Homeland Security Was Destined
to Become a Secret Police Force: This is a government agency built on fear and
intended to engender fear.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-dhs-was-destined-to-become-a-secret-police-force
Is It Time to Defund the
Department of Homeland Security? In
recent years, the department’s enforcement agenda—including the recent
incursion in Portland—has fallen into the direct service of President Trump’s
reëlection efforts.
Thomas Chatterton Williams on
Race, Identity, and “Cancel Culture”: The writer discusses what the Harper’s
letter aimed to accomplish, and whether cancel culture has always existed.
The Matter of Black Lives: From
2016: A new kind of movement found its moment. What will its future be?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/14/where-is-black-lives-matter-headed
DoJ to investigate federal
forces' tactics in US cities as mayors condemn Trump: Watchdog to look at use-of-force
allegations in Portland and Washington as other mayors say: we don’t need your
deployments
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/23/us-doj-trump-federal-agents-trump-deployments
It was like being preyed upon’:
Portland protesters say federal officers in unmarked vans are detaining them
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/17/portland-protests-federal-arrests/
Judge Bans Federal Officers From
Targeting Media In Portland Amid Ongoing Protests. A federal judge issued a
temporary restraining order, saying: “When wrongdoing is underway, officials
have great incentive to blindfold the eyes” of the press.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/portland-protests-judge-restraining-order_n_5f1a7cfec5b6f2f6c9f43f0c
THE FIRST BLACK-OWNED STOCK
EXCHANGE IN U.S. HISTORY IS OPENING SOON
https://www.blackenterprise.com/the-first-black-owned-stock-exchange-in-u-s-history-is-opening-soon/
20-YEAR-OLD TEXAS WOMAN FOUND
HANGING IN GARAGE OF WHITE ROOMMATE
RABBI SAYS HE WARNED NICK CANNON
THAT APOLOGIZING FOR ANTISEMITISM WOULD LEAD TO BACKLASH
Uniting The Black & Jewish
Communities with Rabbi Abraham Cooper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ersyt_NsBWo
Chicago mayor: City is
"inundated with guns" from states with loose gun control
Matt Gaetz caught ‘improperly’
funneling taxpayer money to ex-Trump aide ousted in racism scandal: report
Trump’s acting Homeland
Security secretary just made a damning admission on Fox News
“Theatre Can't Miss This
Moment”: An Interview with Audra McDonald
Why Portland Became the Test
Case for Trump’s Secret Police: Right-wing groups and media laid the groundwork
for federal intervention long before this summer’s protests.
Meet Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon’s
attorney general who is taking on Trump’s federal forces in Portland
Garrett Foster Brought His Gun
to Austin Protests. Then He Was Shot Dead.
The police in Austin, Texas, have not identified the motorist who
fatally shot a protester after driving his car in the direction of marchers.
'Sending A Message' To White
Supremacy: After Armed Black Militia Marched In GA, NFAC Founder Speaks
Devin Nunes: Democrats 'Always
Talking About Racism' Are 'Against White People'
https://crooksandliars.com/2020/07/devin-nunes-democrats-always-talking-about
“We Are On the Cusp of Something
Great”: A Black Liberation Organizer on Next Steps for the Movement. An interview with Nikita Mitchell
11 Statistics That Show Racism
Is Entrenched in Our Healthcare System: Covid-19 is disproportionately harming
Black Americans. This is not an exception, but the rule.
http://inthesetimes.com/article/22642/healthcare-bias-racism-discrimination-black-health-disparity
Black man violently arrested in
Walmart after ‘test riding a bike’ he purchased and telling strangers ‘he hopes
they have a great day’
John Lewis Is the First Black
Lawmaker to Lie in State in the Capitol Rotunda
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