police brutality
“Black Lives Matter” dealing with police abuse that is anything but new
August 3, 2015"When I lived in Delaware and Maryland in the 1960s, societal racism was ugly and obvious to all who had eyes to see."
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60,000 call for justice for Tamir Rice
July 27, 2015"We're here eight months later and there's still no justice," Tamir's cousin and the committee's coordinator told a rally and press conference before entering with a delegation to deliver the petitions.
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Sandra Bland had the right to say “no”
July 24, 2015Some day organized dissent will change the system that allows cases like that of Sandra Bland to occur; let's make that day happen sooner rather than later.
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Angela Davis speaks on violence in America at St. Louis meeting
July 20, 2015St. Louis area residents gathered for the Violence in America: Exposure through Truth Telling presentation keynoted by Angela Davis.
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As mayors meet in San Francisco, ending racist violence is a theme
June 23, 2015One issue kept resurfacing: how to confront and deal with the virulent racism that remains a current in U.S. life.
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