Category : Lifestyle

6 months ago

California to unveil groundbreaking slave reparations report

abcnews.go.com - California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations for African Americans will release a report Wednesday documenting in detail the harms perpetuated by the state against them and recommending…Tweeted by @thewillisfactor https...

6 months ago

Sanders says forget marijuana, go after Wall Street

salon.com - Sen. Bernie Sanders urges U.S. to use resources on cracking down on Wall Street crooks, not marijuanaTweeted by @ShelliDrummer4 https://twitter.com/ShelliDrummer4/status/1533439942495330309

6 months ago

Monthly with Mosley: traveling while Black with the 'Green Book'

wuwm.com - Judge Derek Mosley joins Lake Effect every month to share restaurant recommendations, unpack our legal system, and share his personal research on Black history. This month he touches on the history o…Tweeted by @WUWMradio https://twitter.c...

6 months ago

What Is Jim Crow Laws In The Civil War?

ejcl.org - Jim Crow laws were passed until 1965, when they were repealed. Beginning in the 1870s, Jim Crow laws mandated segregation in all public facilities, including schools and libraries, in states that wer…

6 months ago

Black voters ditching Democrats in droves - poll

rt.com - (Photo/Twitter) While 90% of black voters backed Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, just 70% approve of his job performance two years in, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll published on Saturday. Less th...

6 months ago

The US still incarcerates more people than any other country

cnn.com - (Photo/Twitter) Year after year, the United States beats out much larger countries – India, China – and more totalitarian ones –Russia and the Philippines – for the distinction of having the highest incarceration rate in the world.According...

6 months ago

San Francisco Called a Model for Ending Mass Incarceration

thecrimereport.org - San Francisco has rapidly reduced its jail and prison populations with a series of “best practices” innovations that have built on California's well-publicized legislative reforms enacted since 2009,…Tweeted by @MoshuaJoss https:...