The hypocritical reason Harrison Butker won’t get the Kaepernick treatment
The Chiefs should part ways with Butker, but the team (and the league) will likely do nothing. Jason Page May 16, 2024 Read the full article here MSNBC
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A closer look at Tops Markets’ “Honor Space” dedicated to the victims of the 5/14/22 racially- motivated mass killing in Buffalo, NY.
The aim of this posting is a modest one, to take a closer look at the signage and elements that comprise the “Honor Space”, and to provide links with some background information on the...
All-White Virginia School Board Tried to Be Slick, Bringing Back Proslavery Names to Piss Black Folks Off
After changing the Confederate names of two schools in the wake of Black Lives Matter, the school board has had a change of heart, and Black people are mad. Emell Adolphus May 10, 2024...
5/14 BUFFALO MASSACRE: BLACK LOVE, BLACK RESISTANCE
“You gon’ come to our city and decide you don’t like Black people. Man, you don’t know a damn thing about Black people…We never go to no neighborhoods and take people out.” Beth Kwiatek...
Michigan woman found living inside rooftop store sign with desk and coffee maker
The woman told police she had been living inside the grocery store sign for roughly a year, and had been able to get electricity. Ed White May 10, 2024 Read the full article here...
The Kids Are Not All Right. They Want to Be Heard
What explains the student movement against the war in Gaza? Sometimes the correct answer is the one right in front of you. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor May 8, 2024 Read the full article here The New...
HOW MUCH MONEY DID THE NYPD WASTE QUASHING STUDENT PROTESTS? WE TALLIED IT UP.
The last big protests cost $150 million in NYPD overtime — with tens of millions more in lawsuit settlements. Bryce Covert May 7, 2024 Read the full article here The Intercept
Time to Dry-Clean the Robes of U.S. Supreme Court Justices
Whiffs of arrogance and hypocrisy permeate the code of conduct recently adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court. [See USSC Code-of-Conduct-for-Justices_November_13_2023] Arthur Giacalone Read the full article here With All Due Respect
Trailer Park Residents Are Forming Cooperatives
Across the country, residents of mobile homes are organizing to buy and cooperatively run their communities, with government help, to protect themselves from landlords known for jacking up rents and neglecting infrastructure. Amos Barshad...
Is a National Guaranteed Income on the Horizon?
There’s now strong evidence that giving direct cash support to low-income families greatly reduces poverty. “It directly gives families cash,” says Shafeka Hashash, associate director of guaranteed income at the Economic Security Project. “They...