Monday, February 24, 2025

Criminal Justice and Racism and Ageism and other discrimination related links 022425

 

This MLK Day, We Must Remember His Anti-War—and Anti-Capitalist—Legacy.  As conservatives and liberals alike put out obligatory posts, it is up to us to rekindle King’s political vision. – January 13, 2024

https://progressive.org/latest/this-mlk-day-we-must-remember-his-anti-war-and-anti-capitalism-miller-240124/

 

Black History Revealed in Historical Paintings.  As America attempts to whitewash its history, historical artwork often uncovers hidden lessons but only if we are willing to look and learn. – February 24, 2024

https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/black-history-revealed-in-historical-paintings

 

How Recovering the History of a Little-Known Lakota Massacre Could Heal Generational Pain – October 22, 2024

https://www.bunkhistory.org/resources/how-recovering-the-history-of-a-little-known-lakota-massacre-could-heal-generational-pain

 

How Similar Are ARABIC and HEBREW? (Massive reboot) – October 24, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TbbPzJlV2A

 

How Love Fuels Resistance: Parenting for Liberation.  Maya Schenwar and Kim Wilson discuss their new anthology, We Grow the World Together, about how caregiving and the organizing work of abolitionists can go hand in hand. – November 19, 2024

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/kim-wilson-maya-schenwar-interview/

 

Prison Journalism Is Having a Renaissance. Rahsaan Thomas Is One of Its Champions.  Thomas and his colleagues at Empowerment Avenue are subverting the established narrative that prisoners are only subjects or sources, never authors of their own experience. – December 13, 2025

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/prison-journalism-empowerment-avenue/

 

Remembering Jamaica in the Cold War Crossfire.  Jamaicans still remember their visionary leaders, Norman and Michael Manley, and the bloody general election of 1980. – January 9, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/foreign-policy/remembering-jamaica

 

Embodying MLK's Dream Today.  If King were among us today, he would say that it is not enough to look outside ourselves to see the places where society is broken. – January 13, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/mlks-dream

 

Breaking the Silence

https://kingandbreakingsilence.org/

 

Embodying MLK's Dream Today.  If King were among us today, he would say that it is not enough to look outside ourselves to see the places where society is broken. – January 13, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/mlks-dream

 

One Option for Black Los Angeles.  Should survivors of the LA wildfire consider relocation to five states building Black political power? – January 13, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/election-and-campaigns/one-option-for-black-los-angeles

 

Human Trafficking Prevention month.  Connecting the dots. Strengthening communities. Preventing trafficking. – January 17, 2025

https://news.va.gov/137683/human-trafficking-prevention-month/

 

Will L.A.’s Fires Permanently Disperse the Black Families of Altadena? – January 17, 2025

https://archive.is/2025.01.17-125434/https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/will-las-fires-permanently-disperse-the-black-families-of-altadena

 

Martin Championed Connection between Civil Rights and Workers Rights.  King, who would have been 95 on January 15, was onto the "right to work" scam. – January 19, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/civil-rights-and-workers-rights

 

Honoring his LEGACY: "The Other America" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – January 20, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojz6hKhq0RU

 

How did the ADL conclude that Elon Musk didn’t give a Nazi salute? It isn’t saying. – January 21, 2025

https://www.jta.org/2025/01/21/politics/how-did-the-adl-conclude-that-elon-musk-didnt-give-a-nazi-salute-it-isnt-saying

 

Exclusive | Anti-DEI Activists Target Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase – January 22, 2025

https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/dei-banking-finance-goldman-sachs-jp-morgan-257a17c7

 

When City Streets Become Battlefields.  As billions of dollars are funneled into police and military funding, we face the grim reality of a hyper-militarized society where dissent is met with force rather than dialogue. – January 23, 2025

https://progressive.org/op-eds/when-city-streets-become-battlefields-20250123/

 

Auschwitz memorial holds observances on 80th anniversary of death camp’s liberation by Soviet troops – January 27, 2025

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/auschwitz-memorial-holds-observances-on-80th-anniversary-of-death-camps-liberation-by-soviet-troops

 

WATCH: Herzog addresses UN General Assembly on Holocaust Remembrance Day – January 27, 2025

https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jns/watch-herzog-addresses-un-general-assembly-on-holocaust-remembrance-day/article_6657b845-616a-5660-bbf1-4c554d86241b.html

 

Distorting MLK's Message.  While King may have dreamed of a day in which race was treated as just another unremarkable attribute of an increasingly diverse society, he understood that achieving that dream required not only acknowledging that race exists. – January 28, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/distorting-mlks-message

 

What the Black Intellectual Tradition Can Teach Us About American Democracy – January 30, 2025

https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/podcasts/what-the-black-intellectual-tradition-can-teach-us-about-american-democracy

 

Theft as Racism Rises.  We’re white, we’re Christian, and we’re the best! Just ask Pete Hegseth. – February 1, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/theft-as-racism-rises

 

It’s Morning Again in America, but Will We Remain Asleep?  Folks don’t want to face backward enough to learn from history. They’d rather lie because nostalgia feels good; learning hard lessons does not. – February 3, 2025

https://progressive.org/magazine/its-morning-again-in-america-but-will-we-remain-asleep-miller-20250203/

 

The Debt of Nations – February 4, 2025

https://globalpost.com/stories/first-nations-sue-state-of-canada-over-original-treaties/

 

Trump picks lawyer and Fox contributor Leo Terrell to lead federal antisemitism task force – February 4, 2025

https://www.jta.org/2025/02/04/default/trump-picks-lawyer-and-fox-contributor-leo-terrell-to-lead-federal-antisemitism-task-force

 

Speechwriter fired over white nationalist ties appointed to high-level State Department role – February 4, 2025

https://www.jta.org/2025/02/04/united-states/speechwriter-fired-over-white-nationalist-ties-appointed-to-high-level-state-department-role

 

Eliminating DEI and Banning Books Ultimately Hurts Everyone.  Abruptly halting federal grant programs, including food assistance, attacking Critical Race Theory, and other ways to unnecessarily flex power muscles will not erase us.  – February 4, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/eliminating-dei-crt-banning-books

 

With or Without Trump's White House, Black History Is Every Day.  From local school boards to the White House, the right is doubling down on its efforts to erase Black history. They’ll fail. – February 5, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/black-history-is-every-day

 

“I’ll Continue to Live”: Haitian Immigrants Face Uncertainty in Trump’s America.  Haitian immigrants are quietly living their lives as political currents threaten the futures they’re trying to build. – February 5, 2025

https://progressive.org/latest/haitian-immigrants-face-uncertainty-in-trumps-america-wagner-20250205/

 

The Grammys Embrace DEI.  Emphasizing that DEI is about fostering inclusive practices rather than imposing a racial preference scheme is crucial – February 6, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/civil-liberties-and-civil-rights/the-grammys-embrace-dei

 

Tony Roberts (actor) – Born: David Anthony Roberts, October 22, 1939, New York City, U.S.

Died: February 7, 2025 (aged 85), New York City, U.S.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Roberts_%28actor%29

 

The Impact of Internet Censorship on Women and Girls in Iran.  In Iran, the intersection of internet filtering policies and compulsory hijab laws has created a complex power struggle between the regime and the Iranian people, particularly women. – February 7, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/foreign-policy/impact-of-internet-censorship-on-women

 

Trump, Musk, and the Whitewashing of Apartheid: A Betrayal of History.  Trump’s decision deport migrants at an unprecedented scale yet to grant refugee status to white Afrikaners is not just an insult to history; it is a calculated act of historical revisionism. – February 9, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/whitewashing-of-apartheid

 

Black History Is American History—The Truth Is Uncomfortable.  Trump May Try, But It’s Impossible to Erase the Legacy of Black People in This Country – February 11, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/black-history-is-american-history

 

Memory Crafters Resist Underrepresentation and Preserve Black History.  Underrepresentation and unseen memorials countered by national African American public memory crafters to resist erasure and cultivate historical narratives that persist. – February 11, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/american-history/memory-crafters-resist-underrepresentation

 

Trump’s Anti-DEI Crusade Has a New Target: Comcast.  The FCC has ordered an investigation into Comcast amid its growing war on DEI. – February 12, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/191472/fcc-comcast-dei-investigation

 

Donald Trump Orders Military to STOP RECRUITING BLACK PEOPLE!!! – February 12, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ImglpoK6Sw

 

Financial Efficiency Inspection of the VA Tampa Healthcare System – February 13, 2025

https://www.vaoig.gov/reports/financial-inspection/financial-efficiency-inspection-va-tampa-healthcare-system

 

This Small Rust-Belt City Holds the Secret to Democrats’ Latino Woes.  Latino voters shifted dramatically toward Trump in the last election. Reading, Pennsylvania offers a clue to how Democrats can claw them back. – February 13, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/190897/reading-pennsylvania-democrats-latino-voter-problem

 

JCRC of Southern NJ's 56th Israel Advocacy Event Celebrating American & Israeli Heroes - Sunday, March 16, 2025

https://www.jcrcsnj.org/iae25

 

The Police Gig Economy.  Contrary to what most think, police do not have a legal obligation to protect individuals. In light of this fact, some are now using a private police app similar to Uber – February 19, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/civil-liberties-and-civil-rights/the-police-gig-economy

 

Why the Vision of Marcus Garvey Is Crucial in the Era of Trump.  As DEI falters, and Black Angelenos are forgotten by Trump, people may want to resurface the vision of Marcus Garvey. – February 19, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/marcus-garvey

 

Trump’s Black History Month Event Has Quite an Interesting Guest List.  After spending his first month in office demolishing anything related to “DEI,” Donald Trump is now hosting a Black History Month event. – February 20, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/191748/who-trump-white-house-black-history-month-event-guest-list

 

ICE Prosecutor Runs White Supremacist Account in His Free Time.  Who could have guessed? – February 20, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/191780/ice-prosecutor-white-supremacist-account-x

 

DEI Exposes the Myth of White Male Superiority — And That’s Why They Hate It.  The right’s jihad against DEI isn’t about fairness; it’s about losing privilege and control… – February 20, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/dei-exposes-the-myth-of-white-male-6d6

 

Justice Department shuts down federal law enforcement misconduct tracker – February 21, 2025

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-shuts-down-federal-law-enforcement-misconduct-tracker/

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