Civil Rights & Social Justice
In Bradenton, Florida, U.S. Marshals arrived with guns drawn at the home of Kada Staples and her three-month-old during a raid conducted by the cops who were reportedly searching for a murder suspect—at the wrong apartment.
Terry Duane Turner is free on bail after killing unarmed Adil Dghoughi, lying to police about the circumstances and then being allowed to turn himself in weeks later in the shooting of an immigrant from Morocco who only pulled into Turner's driveway to turn his car around in Martinville, Texas.
To the casual listener, there might be nothing wrong with this conversation. But therein lies the problem with it. Normalizing talking points meant to undermine advancement while engaging in intellectually dishonest commentary only emboldens groups who deal in dishonesty.
A Republican-endorsed video that Rep. Jerry Nadler successfully prevented from being played during a House Judiciary Committee hearing disproportionately features Black parents pushing anti-critical race theory propaganda.
A viral video showing white math teacher Candice Reed in her Riverside, California high school's classroom mocking Native Americans and performing a dance in front of students was widely criticized as being culturally disrespectful.
A right-wing parents group has sued a school district in suburban Boston alleging white students there are having their civil rights violated because "a policy of segregating students by race" that favors minorities has been adopted.
Scarlett Johnson, a right-wing school board candidate in suburban Milwaukee, was shamed into deleting her Twitter account after racist and homophobic tweets -- including one that downplayed and mocked "the threat of white supremacy" -- were revealed.
Alabama officials released surveillance footage showing Christina Nance, the Black woman found dead inside a Huntsville Police Department van, to her family, who still isn't satisfied that they know enough, or anything, really, about how she died.
On Thursday, Oct. 21, the group will lead a conversation putting 'me too' in context with the broader global fight to disrupt sexual and gender-based violence. And Friday, Oct. 22, is set aside as a day of celebration with joy, art, yoga, and a dance party.
Ivory Streeter was one of the officers who dragged and tased two HBCU students just days before another Atlanta Police officer killed Rayshard Brooks. Messiah Young of Morehouse College and Taniya Pilgram of Spelman College were pulled from their vehicle and tased on live television last May.