By Ethan Faverino | The Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) is under criticism from parents and community members over a BrainPOP lesson taught to elementary students that compares the struggles of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American military aviators, to those of LGBTQ+ service members. The lesson, part of BrainPOP’s supplemental curriculum, has sparked| AZ FREE NEWS - Your #1 Source for Arizona News & Politics!
Today is Juneteenth, formally Juneteenth National Independence Day, a national holiday commemorating the ending of slavery in the USA. Here is the official Juneteenth flag: It uses the same colors …| Logos con carne
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — On Thursday, August 28, a protest was called by a collection of groups in Minnesota demanding “ICE Out” of Minneapolis and a “real sanctuary city for immigrants now,” and for Mayor Jacob Frey to “stop sabotaging the Roof Depot deal” as well… The post Minneapolis Protest Against ICE, Mayor, and Roof Depot Deal Meddling appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.| UNICORN RIOT
Interview with Silky Shah Silky Shah has been an immigrant justice organizer for over two decades. She is currently the executive director of Detention Watch Network, a national coalition working to abolish immigrant detention in the U.S. We met up recently in Chicago at the annual Socialism Conference. We were both on a panel with other| Hard Crackers
Alongside the protesters in the US and around the world, the Mixxx team unequivocally condemns police brutality. The systemic racism that burdens people of color every day is the responsibility of white people around the world to address. Mixxx' core development team feels it necessary not to remain silent on …| Mixxx
Editor's Note: We are deeply saddened by Nikki Walker's unexpected passing. In her honor, we are resharing our cover story about her that was first published in Fall 2021. When people of different races, cultures, and sexual orientations share ideas and work together, it enriches businesses and communities. That’s why Nikki Walker is on a mission to improve diversity and inclusion throughout the Beehive State. The post The Color of Utah: How Nikki Walker Is Improving Diversity and Inclusion...| Good News Utah
In late 2023, Joaquin Clavijo sat alongside his classmates in the hallway of Evanston Township High School to protest the school administration’s response to the deaths of Palestinian civilians in the Israel-Hamas war. Soon, school administrators said the protest’s “allotted time” had expired and gave an ultimatum: disperse or face disciplinary action. Clavijo stayed put....| The Daily Northwestern
We had a beautiful response to our Black Lives Matter fundraiser last month and with your help was able to donate $813.89 to Black Lives Matter and the crucial work they do. Thank you so much!| Future Tense Books
This piece is part of a series of essays from artist Kandis Williams on Octavia Butler. Williams is the 2020 Mohn Award recipient and her publication with the Hammer Museum […] The post Movement Building appeared first on MOLD :: Designing the Future of Food.| MOLD :: Designing the Future of Food
Whenever hearing the name Martin Luther King Jr. four other words will immediately pop into one’s head: “I have a dream”. Possibly the most famous phrase from any speech ever held. The Christian minister King (1929-1968) is a worldwide icon in the fight for equal rights for coloured people. Shot dead at the age of…| Lords of the Drinks
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt’s vile and racist rant to a group of Republican DAs last week showed the man and the organization he leads for what they really are - a wolf in sheep’s clothing.| Mondoweiss
I never met him, but George Perry Floyd Jr. changed my life and the way I practice my faith. Like millions of people across the world, I said his name during the summer of 2020. But what echoed back to me was what it means to be human, and I’ve never heard it again so [...]| The Raceless Gospel
In a statement, a USF spokeswoman said visitors questioning the display led the administration “to look into [the] processes” of selecting all flags.| WUSF
Nominations are now open! Since 2016, we have honored over 25 youth with the Black Education Matters Student Activist Award (BEMSAA). The award gives $1,000 and public recognition to students showing outstanding antiracist and intersectional leadership in their schools and communities. What began as an act of police violence became a commitment to youth justice. Nominate a student leader today!| I AM AN EDUCATOR
*portions of this piece were first published in the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s “The Village” Blog on December 15, 2014 “We have no need for your sympathy. We welcome your empathy. We require neither to grow into the highest versions of human being Creator would intend us to become.” This morning I was burdened by […] The post The Truth About Sympathy, Empathy & Race in America (Version 2.0) appeared first on Dr. Juneau Robbins.| Dr. Juneau Robbins
US cover UK & Aust cover St. Louis is a big city, a cold one, and it has a population of 800,000…Working men and women, lots of Negroes, it’s the city of 100,000 Negroes. The Missis…| This Reading Life
Michael E. Hartmann talks to the research analyst about his proposed new IRS Form 990 Schedule S for nonprofits that provide fiscal sponsorships and how it would increase trust in the entire sector.| the Giving Review
In a chaotic and tense meeting, ACC commissioners chose to delay making a formal statement of support for racial equity on Tuesday despite a large turnout of| Athens Politics Nerd
As left-wing protests riots continue throughout the country, here two things you should keep in mind: 1.) The Left Uses Manufactured Protesting as a Political Tool It is suspected that the primary funder and instigator of the current protests can be found outside of the United States. Billionaire George Soros funds MoveOn.org and other far-left activist groups. […] The post What You Need to Know About the Anti-Trump “Protests” first appeared on CATHOLICS 4 TRUMP.| CATHOLICS 4 TRUMP
DeValkenaere is the first Kansas City law enforcement officer to be convicted for the fatal shooting of a Black man. Following the conviction, the department suspended DeValkenaere without pay.| KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
Alex Dunn It has been quiet here of late. I think that a brief pause to reflect on just how long 4 years can seem has benefitted us all. Such was the perceived length of Trump’s presidency, it seems appropriate to refer to the Trump Epoch. Here in Europe, as Inauguration Day approached, we waited…| The Contrary Perspective
Stuart Lyle You have heard of the “October Surprise,” that unexpected turn of events, sometimes manufactured or timed, sometimes just random, that has out-sized influence on the results in November…| The Contrary Perspective
Dan Mason After the spectacular failure of Hillary Clinton to win a shoe-in election for one anointed and “whose time had come,” someone who deserved to be rewarded for past service to the people, the country, and the entirety of humanity at large, the Democrat Party elites tried to grapple with the reality of the…| The Contrary Perspective
A flurry of funding that went to Black nonprofits after George Floyd’s 2020 murder is being pulled back amid a right-wing backlash.| capitalandmain.com
The Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures extends to the length of a seizure, a federal court ruled last week,| Reason.com
Isaiah 61:1–4, 8–10; Psalm 133; 2 Corinthians 2:14–16; Mark 14:3–9 A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church In the name of the One who waded in the waters of Miryam’s womb, walked the way of suffering as one of the woman-born, and woke from the grasp of death in the deep darkness of the...| The Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D. | Womanists Wading in the Word™
“I rebuke you in the name of Jesus.” ~ *the last words of Sonya Massey Every person raised in a certain kind of black church knows the power and gravity of those words. Those are the words to be said when facing the evil that has walked in your door and will soon take your...| The Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D. | Womanists Wading in the Word™
In its flap copy and its cover blurbs, Feminist City is framed as a treatise on how urban spaces have ended up so gendered and how a different way of thinking about cities and the people who live a…| What I Think About When I Think About Reading
image: from The Recorder Collection, Indiana Historical Society HistoricIndianapolis.com was conceived to contribute to the local community by creating| Historic Indianapolis
I grew up in a large town, (though when I say ‘in’ I really should say ‘just outside of’) a fifteen minute drive would leave me in its then tumbling-down centre. On that short journey I’d pass through…| c4 journal
The Nonviolent Action Lab at Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation—one of the two institutional pillars of this project, along with the University of Co…| Counting Crowds
Although mainstream media focuses on a figurehead, Colombia’s historical moment today is not just down to Gustavo Petro and his coalition’s efforts. Without taking from them what was an inspired campaign to win the electorate over with a principled programme, a decisive factor in the victory was last year’s national strike. The heroic mobilisation of...| ANTICONQUISTA
There’s this pattern that happens with abusive spouses. They often explain to their victims how to behave so they won’t get beaten up again. All the victim needs to do is give them prop…| Mjoy
I’d like to encourage everyone who is not, in this moment, a member of a targeted community, to fall back on something white folks are supposed to be exemplars of: good manners.| Starhawk's Website
We are all familiar with concepts of self-care as an important practice to take time for attending to our emotional, psychological, and physical health, wellbeing, and needs. Engaging in self car…| creativity in motion
In worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, protestors are fantasizing their participation in America's problems, and in the process ignoring their own.| Damage
Se il corpo disabile è legato al corpo nero esplode un cortocircuito che termina nella violenza perpetuata ad Alika con la sua stessa stampella| Pasionaria.it
