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Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names after bitter debate
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoTwo Virginia high schools will restore their Confederate names, marking a major U-turn following a...
A Virginia county board votes to restore Confederates' names to schools
NPR· 3 days ago-Lee Elementary School. The board approved the change by a 5-1 vote, with supporters saying the...
Once again: Police cruelly killed someone Black under the guise of their self-governing authority
Florida Phoenix via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoQuality Journalism for Critical Times Since I read about a sheriff’s deputy who, according to civil...
It’s Showtime! Star Witness Michael Cohen To Testify Against Trump
TPM via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoManafort Is Out Within hours of the WaPo reporting on former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s...
Historic settlement in George Floyd murder attracts backlash
The Daily Dot· 5 days agoAt the end of April, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously voted to give a settlement of $150,000...
Needed - “I can’t breathe” law, and revived Palestinian-Israeli trade to help reconciliation: Letter...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 17 hours agoNeeded: An “I can’t breathe” law. Congress must pass a bill as soon as possible that makes it a...
Where Lake Street rebuilding projects stand four years after the riots
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe $28 million rehab of the Coliseum Building is largely completed. Ground will be broken in July...
Reform of RI's police bill of rights is closer than ever with House approval. What to expect.
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 4 days ago...a 58-to-14 vote on Thursday after a heated two-hour debate, the long-sought compromise was born of the public anger and frustration sparked by a string of incidents of alleged police misconduct locally and nationally, including: The 2020 murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody...
America has never recovered from the shocks of 2020. It’s making us less free
Philly.com· 1 day agoMuriel Bowser, the Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C., had a problem. Dozens of students at the...
‘Black Twitter’ Tells the Biggest Story in Social Media
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoClarence Williams/DisneyWhen Wired’s Jason Parham published “A People’s History of Black Twitter” in...