Posts Tagged ‘Donald Trump’
Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Protesters gather to drown out Trump’s RNC speech
Demonstrators gathered around the White House for what was billed as a “noise demonstration and dance party” to drown out President Donald Trump’s speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Peaceful Portland protests after federal withdrawal
Oregon’s governor, Kate Brown, agreed with the White House that the state police would take over responsibility for guarding the courthouse after weeks of escalating protests. She said that “Trump’s troops” were behaving like an occupying army in Portland and provoking unrest with heavy-handed tactics.
Read MoreTrump Believes Giving Black Voters Access to Voting Is Stealing the Election
Are you only allowed to vote if you are a Black republican?
Read MoreREGGIE JACKSON: WHEN WHITE PRIVILEGE COMES UP AGAINST A PANDEMIC
During the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, does the demand for a haircut and a bowling lane outweigh the need for social distancing? Some governors and protestors say it’s time to be liberated from lock-down.
Read MoreNovember is Native American Heritage Month…
A recent White House proclamation is stirring controversy as the Trump Administration once again slights Native Americans.
Read MoreDonald Trump’s ‘Lynching’
In the wake of another infuriating Tweet from President Trump, Jamelle Bouie brings both the content of the Tweet and one of its biggest defendants into the larger context of racial violence.
Read MoreThe Lost Promise of Reconstruction
Eric Foner draws parallels between our tense political climate and the end of the Reconstruction Age, overviewing the backward steps our country has taken as we move further from the promises of Reconstruction.
Read MoreHouse Democrats Call For Increased Security After ‘Send Her Back’ Chants At Trump Rally
Representative Al Green calls for increased security after an incident at a Trump Rally in North Carolina, where supporters are chanting ‘send her back’ in response to Ilhan Omar. This act was the consequence of prior issues concering three other women representatives of color.
Read MoreIt’s Juneteenth, and a White Nationalist Is President
With the South rising again on the watch of President Donald Trump, who plans to turn the Fourth of July this year from a celebration of America to a celebration of himself, it’s time for Americans who champion equality to begin celebrating Juneteenth.June 19, 1865 — “Juneteenth” being a combination of June and nineteenth — should remind all Americans of the long and complex fight required to end slavery here.
Read MoreDonald Trump Insists People Are On ‘Both Sides’ Of Exonerated Central Park 5 Case
President Trump continues to refuse to apologize for his 1989 ad calling to execute five teenagers who were falsely accused of rape in the notorious Central Park Five case. All five were convicted based on coerced confessions and little evidence. They were exonerated in 2002 thanks to DNA evidence. A new Netflix series “When They See Us” by Ava DuVerney (director of “13th”) re-examines their story.
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