SOME REFLECTIONS ON ELECTION 2020
By Henry-Louis Taylor, Jr.
“Cast away your illusions. The U.S. presidential election hangs in the balance, but the nation has already written the story about election 2020. This is Donald Trump’s America.”
Tagged: 2020
The COVID-19 Crisis Continues to Have Uneven Economic Impact by Race and Ethnicity
By Steven Brown
Read the full article from Urban Institute, here.
“The COVID-19 pandemic and related shutdowns have led to the highest unemployment rate nationwide since the Great Depression, nearly a century ago. But the unemployment rate alone does not fully cover how people have been affected. Many are struggling to pay rents or mortgages, are having trouble affording food for themselves and their families, and have lost employer-sponsored health insurance during a still-growing public health crisis. These effects are not shouldered equally; evidence shows the pandemic has more severely affected people of color because of structural racism’s persistent influence.”
INVEST-DIVEST
We want investments in Black communities, determined by Black communities, and divestment from exploitative forces including prisons, fossil fuels, police, surveillance and exploitative corporations.
By Movement 4 Black Lives
#DefundPolice Defend Black Lives
Black People Are Dying of Police Terror and Covid19. It is time to defund the police NOW
How Much Do We Need The Police?
One effect of the widespread protests across U.S. cities this week has been to renew discussions of what role the police should play in society.
By Leah Donnella
The Only Solution Is to Defund the Police
The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor prove what we already knew—police “reform” has failed.
by Alex Vitale
Police “Reforms” You Should Always Oppose
Ultimately, the only way that we will address oppressive policing is to abolish the police.
By Mariame Kaba
Reformist reforms vs. abolitionist steps in policing
As we struggle to decrease the power of policing there are also positive and pro-active investments we can make in community health and well-being.
From Critical Resistance
We Won’t Stop Until We Dismantle the Whole Racist System
In this moment of truth, we cannot lose focus on what’s important: Black Lives Matter.
By Lane Mullet
Bill de Blasio Has Failed the Test of This Moment
New York’s mayor has floundered in the face of stunning police violence—just like so many other mayors who aren’t prepared to rein in the cops.
By Elie Mystal