Category : Lifestyle

Advocates, Jumaane Williams urge Hochul to use clemency power

spectrumlocalnews.com - Advocacy organizations are urging Gov. Hochul to exercise her clemency powers this holiday season.Tweeted by @SPECNews1ROC https://twitter.com/SPECNews1ROC/status/1463628533910183942

Black-Owned Brands Whose Businesses Skyrocketed Amid COVID-19

afrotech.com - The COVID-19 pandemic has had a widespread negative impact on Black-owned businesses throughout the U.S. this year, forcing many to shut down...Tweeted by @AfroTech https://twitter.com/AfroTech/status/1463371829993746436

We Are Still Slaves - Michelle Alexander Breaks Down How New Jim Crow Laws Became Weapons Of White Supremacy

panafricanalliance.com - How New Jim Crow mass incarceration laws were born, and how they are used as weapons of white supremacy today.Tweeted by @PanAfricanUnity https://twitter.com/PanAfricanUnity/status/1463320167883096068

‘Comfort woman’ leading her group’s quest for justice dies

news.abs-cbn.com - A Filipino elderly woman who claimed she was among those sexually abused during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines died on Tuesday, the same day her ordeal started 77 years ago when the forei…Tweeted by @ABSCBNNews https://...

Government apologises for coercive sterilisation of women

spectator.sme.sk - Women who underwent the procedure usually did not know that the surgery was irreversible.Tweeted by @slovakspectator https://twitter.com/slovakspectator/status/1463513427628990475

Iran tampered with victims' electronic devices in aftermath of Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 downing: Report

torontosun.com - OTTAWA — A new report is accusing Iranian authorities of tampering with the electronic devices and misidentifying the remains of some of the passengers killed…Tweeted by @edmontonjournal https://twitter.com/edmontonjournal/status/146...

Rashida Tlaib’s Plan to Empty Prisons: Just Let Everyone Go?

libertynation.com - Could it be that opponents of the legislation have misrepresented it, intentionally or otherwise – or is Tlaib the one playing political games?Tweeted by @libertynation https://twitter.com/libertynation/status/1463494159956942853

A Fair Fight

brennancenter.org - Indigent defense systems across the country have been chronically under-resourced for decades, leading to a broken justice system and high social and economic harm for citizens.Tweeted by @AmesCG https://twitter.com/AmesCG/status/...

Ben Shapiro: Waukesha Proves the Idiocy of 'Racial Equity' Incarceration Policies

cnsnews.com - This week, a 39-year-old black man in Waukesha, Wisc. plowed a maroon Ford Escape into a Christmas parade of children and older women. Five people were killed and another 48 were injured. The motive …Tweeted by @cnsnews https://twitter....

Poll: Nearly half of Republicans oppose teaching the 'history of racism' in schools

news.yahoo.com - Eight-four percent of Republicans do not support teaching “critical race theory” in schools, while just 46% oppose teaching the “history of racism,” according to a new Monmouth University poll. Backg…Tweeted by @tm_cincinnatus https:...

How the Party of Lincoln Became the Party of Lee

journalofthecivilwarera.org - On November 2, 2021, Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers tweeted her support for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin. She encouraged Virginians to vote Republican and “Make General Lee pro…Tweeted by @StAndrea...

TikTok censored me for defending Kyle Rittenhouse

washingtonexaminer.com - Last week in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a jury found 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty in a now-infamous self-defense/homicide trial. Yet even though the full procedures of our criminal justice system…Tweeted by @brad_polumbo...

Progressives Find Political Success, and Pushback, as Prosecutors

governing.com - Queens, N.Y., will soon join the list of places electing district attorneys who reject the tough-on-crime policies of the past. But their approach isn't always well-received by governors.Tweeted by @YaoBlacks https://twitter.com/YaoBl...

The Real Black Cowboys That Inspired 'The Harder They Fall'

time.com - While the Netflix film is fictional, its characters take their names from real historical figures. These are their stories.Tweeted by @ADOSorg https://twitter.com/ADOSorg/status/1463343364019875847

Replacing History with a 'Narrative' - Frontpagemag

frontpagemag.com - Voters this election rejected the teaching of The 1619 Project and Critical Race Theory, as proven by the results of Virginia’s gubernatorial race and, less publicized but as equally telling in Egg H…Tweeted by @yportbill https://t...