BIPOC are dying at disproportionate rates despite shutdowns and it’s clear why white supremacists want to reverse stay-at-home orders. They want us dead. By Lara Witt and Sherronda J. Brown Decked out in their ugliest American flag-themed outfits, right-wing, conservative, libertarian, fascist, white supremacist, white nationalist, and nazi protesters have gathered in different state capitols...
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Black Women And Femmes Are Under Attack And We Need To Talk About It
We cannot be silent when the state murders our Black women and femmes with impunity. Charleena Lyles was murdered by the Seattle Police Department in front of her children in her own home while she was experiencing a mental breakdown. They knew beforehand that she had a history of mental illness and yet they still...
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Black Ohio Teen Faces Jail For Standing Ground Against Abusive Father, But George Zimmerman Walks Free?
Convicting Bresha Meadows for the murder of her father will jeopardize the future of passing “stand your ground” law in Ohio. In a not so strange way, the story of Bresha Meadows — the 14-year-old Black teenage girl from Warren, Ohio who shot her abusive father, Jonathan Meadows, 41, in the head — makes me...