By Mark Hedin By some accounts, California’s independent redistricting commission (IRC) has set the gold standard for fair elections, wresting
Category: Social Justice
Coalition Takes Biden Administration to Task for Falling Short on Voting Rights
By Mark Hedin A coalition of more than 100 civil rights and advocacy organizations is accusing the Biden administration of
New virtual entrepreneurial curriculum launches to support innovators addressing health equity
(Black PR Wire) Dallas — New training tools from the American Heart Association will help health equity innovators address issues like
California Steps Up on Long March to Reparations
By Mark Hedin The “free state” of California never formally embraced slavery, but slavery and racist policies that derived from
THE BLACK SUPERBOWL AND THE CHALLENGE OF ANTI-BLACKNESS
African American history was celebrated at this year’s Super Bowl. It was the first time that two Black quarterbacks faced
Tyre Nichols Almost Made it Home
By Peter White On January 27, Memphis police released about an hour of the 20 hours of surveillance and body-cam
Making Public Transit Safer — A ‘Massive Intersection of Crises’
By Peter White People don’t want to ride public transit for fear of being harassed like Esther Lee was on
THE DYNAMICS OF RESISTANCE
Each year the Association for the Study of African American Life and History sets a theme for Black History Month.
PSL statement: Justice for Tyre Nichols — Take to the streets!
Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was mercilessly beaten to death earlier this month during a traffic stop by five
‘Horrific Does Not Even Begin to Explain the Video’
By Ethnic Media Services By Karanja A. Ajanaku/Tri-State Defender Memphis Sandwiched between a morning call to disband the police SCORPION unit
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