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...
“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...
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 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
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
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...
Fifty years ago, the University at Buffalo was in the midst of a violent student rebellion, which involved pitch battles with the Buffalo police. On Sunday afternoon, March 15, a group of 45 U.B....
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...
When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York. Natasha Lennard May 1, 2024 Read the full article here The Intercept
On May 1st, 1924, the Daily Worker was just 11 weeks’ old. Around the United States, workers in many big cities had not even heard of it yet. But if that inaugural May Day edition of...