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Opinion | Who is Juneteenth really for?
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 51 minutes agoJuneteenth is an official holiday first held to mark the close of slavery after the Civil War in Texas, but the George Floyd protests made it mainstream.
American Bankruptcy Law Already Undercuts Accountability for Police Misconduct
The Nation· 2 hours agoThe policy tools to tackle this problem range from strengthening the powers of federal investigation...
Panther Power
High Times· 1 hour agoFounded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in 1966, the BPP closely monitored the behavior of the Oakland Police Department and fought against police < ...
Are the Police a Force for Good?
Newsweek· 23 hours agoRecent reports about a "Goon Squad" of abusive police officers in Mississippi have thrust police misconduct back into national headlines. On the one hand...
19 Juneteenth Facts To Celebrate Black Independence Day
Blavity via Yahoo News· 7 days agoJuneteenth, celebrated on June nineteenth, is coming up and it is time for sorrowful reflection but...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 2 days agoThe Associated Press reports that on Thursday, members of the California State Board of Education unanimously approved the curriculum with hopes that it would clear a path...
Pew study finds many Black Americans suspicious of government
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 7 days agoShe notes the most striking survey result is that Black people who experienced discrimination were...
Yuen: Memories of the Jim Crow South haunted a Minnesota man. Then the nightmares terrorized his...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoNightmares afflicted the father of Lee Hawkins Jr. and awoke his son, then just a little boy growing up in the St. Paul suburb of Maplewood. His dad would jostle out of his sleep screaming, ...
A CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM: Black Idahoans ring in Juneteenth, host events in Treasure and Magic...
The Times-News· 1 day agoThe National Museum of African American History and Culture considered the day, nationally...
Black Liberation and Palestinian Liberation are Interconnected
The Nation· 2 days agoFrom Detroit to Cleveland to Gaza, and everywhere in between, we must fight for a world built on...