racism

6 Charts That Dismantle the Trope of Asian Americans As a Model Minority

CNN cuts ties with Rick Santorum over disparaging comments Rick Santorum... Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about a science book

Dylann Roof appeals death sentence in Charleston church slayings Dylann Roof's appeal in his 2015 church massacre conviction focuses on killer's competency to stand trial Well, some of them were among the crowd that descended on the Capitol on January 6, they tried and failed.

George Floyd's Family Holds Rally, March in Brother's Memory

A Century After the Race Massacre, Tulsa Confronts Its Bloody Past

The new shape of the culture war is a revived Lost Cause When you can't control speech, use power to wipe it out.

How George Floyd Could Bring a Third American Reconstruction

'I'm scared!': Video of Ronald Greene's deadly arrest by Louisiana State Police released

Dallas prosecutor disbarred for withholding evidence that could have cleared men of murder charges

'It's Top-Down': Three Generations of Black Officers on Racism and Police Brutality McKinnon advocates more use of de-escalation: De-escalation training can potentially reduce police shootings, says former Detroit police chief Dorsey is less optimistic than McKinnon, but sees there are...

In Ahmaud Arbery's Name, Georgia Repeals Citizen's Arrest Law Georgia Gov. Kemp signs repeal of 1863 citizen's arrest law It is vitally important to repeal old racist laws that victimize people to this day.

White supremacy is the root of all race-related violence in the US Oddly enough, we did see that same attitude pushed here where there was an attempt to frame attacks on Asian Americans as a "black violence" issue, as if there is some underlying hatred that African Americans have toward...

Black Americans and the Racist Architecture of Homeownership Great article, Richard Rothstein's The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America does a deep dive into the subject, it really demonstrates how government policy shapes the communities (and their...

Justice Dept. charges ex-Minneapolis police officers with violating George Floyd's civil rights Justice Department Brings Federal Criminal Charges Against Derek Chauvin, 3 Others

How Systemic Racism Continues to Determine Black Health and Wealth in Chicago An enlightening article. If you want to participate in this discussion, please actually read and discuss the topics written in the article or in the linked New York Times Magazine article that discusses this topic...

Attorney General Garland seeks millions to fight domestic terrorism, sexual violence, civil rights abuses

G.O.P. Seeks to Empower Poll Watchers, Raising Intimidation Worries The racism isn't even hidden anymore. Point to communities of color and then claim they are committing fraud.

Alabama, Mississippi Mark Confederate Memorial Day In another example of not being able to let it go, we still have Southern states that can't let it go that the Civil War is over and lost. We already have a holiday to honor the fallen during the Civil War, it's called Memorial Day. The desire...

An Asian man said a firefighter attacked him. It sparked a reckoning in small-town Arkansas. If you are attacking, kicking, punching, spitting, or assaulting someone for being Asian, the book should be thrown at you. Probably the one that angers me the most is the guy kicking the woman in the...

The Justice Department will investigate the Louisville police, Garland says.