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...
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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...
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...
The Occupation of Hayes Hall: Student Rebellions and Remaking the U.S. UniversityThe Occupation of Hayes Hall
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....
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...
I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged.
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
May Day Greetings Book 2024
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...
The Crackdown on Campus Protests Is Happening Everywhere
Across the US, pro-Palestine students have faced repression, suspension, and arrest. We asked more than a dozen students to share how their schools have restricted the right to protest. Student Nation April 26, 2024...