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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Racial Double Standard of Capitol Police Draws Outcry
Black Lives Matter activists across the country expressed outrage at what they said was a tepid response from law enforcement officers to mostly white protesters, saying it stood in stark contrast to the aggressive tactics they have endured for years.
Read MoreWhite Mobs and Capitol riots are American to the Core
A Black woman and former Republican Sophia A. Nelson reflects on the terrorist attack that took place at the United States Capitol on January 6th, 2021. Nelson insightfully analyzes the objectives of the attack and its’ repercussions, dutifully highlighting the fact that the attack is a pristine enactment of White Privilege.
Read MoreJustice Department Makes Moves to Undo Certain Civil Rights Protections
Changes to the way organizations who prevent discrimination are funded through the Civil Rights Act is causing some people to worry.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – ‘We’re not stopping’: Community organizers are focusing on local policy changes for 2021
Entering into the new year of 2021 Wisconsin’s community organizers have vowed to keep pushing for meaningful, local change.
Read MoreA Covid-19 Relief Fund Was Only for Black Residents. Then Came the Lawsuits.
Coronavirus has sickened and killed 2-3 times more black people than whites. Black business owners are losing their livelihoods, as stay-at-home orders are put into place. Due to decades of racial segregation, they did not have valuable houses they could tap for capital. So Oregon earmarked $62 million of its $1.4 billion in federal Covid-19 relief money to provide grants to Black residents, business owners and community organizations struggling due to the pandemic. Now the state faces lawsuits from groups who feel left out of this “affirmative action.”
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – In 2020, Protests Spread Across The Globe With A Similar Message: Black Lives Matter
The Black Lives Matter movement became an international phenomenon in 2020. As protesters took to the streets in cities across the U.S. in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, Minn., so did demonstrators in other countries — all with a similar message: Black lives matter.
Read MoreContest Allows Students to Pitch Ideas on Improving Educational Outcomes for Black Males
The “Design Your Future” contest seeks to improve the educational outcomes of young Black males in Milwaukee. Individual students or student groups may enter proposals. Once five proposals are selected in January, the ideas will be implemented next school year after being developed over the spring and summer.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Ohio police chief calls for termination of cop who killed Andre Hill
Chief Thomas Quinlan of the Ohio Police Dept. released a video statement on Thursday (Dec. 24) informing viewers that Officer Adam Coy will be charged with critical misconduct and should be terminated.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Body Cam Footage Of Cop Murdering Unarmed Andre Hill Has Been Released; How He Tried To Cover It Up
The body cam footage from the Columbus police officer who murdered Andre’ Hill was released. It shows Hill while he was walking out of a garage with only a cell phone in his hand.
Read MoreHow Black Parents Survived 2020
As this difficult year of racial reckoning and a global pandemic draws to a close, six African American families share how they have coped.
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