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The fight for America’s future is happening in the South
1+ week, 4+ day ago (318+ words) Rep. Justin J. Pearson (D-Memphis) delivered remarks outside the Tennessee State Capitol after he was expelled over his role in a gun control protest in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in 2023.George Walker IV/AP “The litmus test for…...
Georgia shopper goes to Walmart's electronics aisle. Then she sees a distorted black man's face and questions the motive behind it
1+ week, 5+ day ago (516+ words) In her video, you can hear her genuine disbelief as she says, “So I’m walking into the Covington. Really? This what we doing? They hate us so bad. Like what.” It is the kind of unfiltered reaction that highlights just…...
Do We Still Have Time?
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (992+ words) “We still have time” has been superseded by “How much worse can it get?” The world has been turned upside down by a destructive, out-of-control global climate system. “Unprecedented” is found in every corner of the planet. There are no…...
Backlash Against Anti-Racism Is a Constant Force Shaping US Politics
2+ week, 3+ day ago (258+ words) Philosopher George Yancy analyzes the contemporary expression of what W.E.B. Du Bois called the “entrails of whiteness.” This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Josh Friedberg: Let’s start with the letter you wrote in 2015, “Dear White America.” What…...
Overriding the Will of the People
3+ week, 2+ day ago (371+ words) Local democracy isn’t dead yet, despite all of the threats to it. Calvin Duncan spent twenty-eight years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. “They didn’t check with the city budget division, they didn’t check with the budget director,…...
The perilous twist in the DOJ’s newest civil rights case
3+ week, 2+ day ago (690+ words) How extremists are weaponizing a shocking $3M fraud indictment to fuel a dark new recruitment wave....
We’ve Spent a Year Fighting a Federal Assault on Memphis. Your City May Be Next.
3+ week, 4+ day ago (461+ words) Trump’s Department of Justice has introduced a program to bring Memphis-style policing surges to other cities. Local elected officials also began speaking in opposition to the National Guard’s imminent descent on Memphis. These included State Rep. Torrey Harris, who sent…...
Democrats’ 2028 presidential calendar gives Black and Latino voters and union members an early say
4+ week, 18+ hour ago (923+ words) The primary lineup pushes Iowa from the traditional top spot and makes South Carolina the leadoff state, voting on Jan. 22, 2028, followed by Nevada on Feb. 1. New Hampshire, New Mexico, Michigan and Virginia round out the early states, throughout February, according…...
GOP scheme to torch Black voting district shot down in red state: report
4+ week, 1+ day ago (47+ words) A federal judge on Friday shot down a Republican effort to eliminate the only Black-majority judicial district in Mississippi, Democracy Docket reported.In early July, a group of white voters filed a suit that took aim at the sole majority-Black…...