BDS protest at sheet maker Brooklinen's NYC store over production in Israel
Adalah-NY | indybay.org | 2020-02-26
At a protest Sunday at Brooklinen's new Williamsburg, Brooklyn store, New York human rights advocates called for a boycott of the online sheet and linen retailer, over their Israeli production partners' involvement in Israel's apartheid rule over the Palestinian people.
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Fresno Police Department Officers Assault Homeless Man
Mike Rhodes | indybay.org | 2020-02-26
Fresno Police officers beat this homeless man, arrested him for resisting arrest and booked him into the Fresno County Jail.
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Sanders Tops Democratic Polls, Leads Biden Among African American Voters – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-26
The Vermont Senator earlier won the Nevada primary in a landslide, getting 34 percent of the vote, thus, securing 24 delegates. Former Vice President Joe Biden came in second with just 17 percent, garnering nine delegates.
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Traitor, Scourge, Prophet: Larry Kramer's Acerbic Alternate History
Jeremy Lybarger | thenation.com | 2020-02-25
Traitor, Scourge, Prophet: Larry Kramer's Acerbic Alternate History…
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Former DEA agent arrested for laundering money for drug cartel
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2020-02-25
"It's a black eye for the DEA to have one of its own engaged in such a high level of corruption."
nationofchange.org/2020/02/25/former-dea…
Man arrested after trying to blow up a car in Pentagon parking lot
rt.com | 2020-02-25
An Arkansas man led Pentagon security on a wild chase after allegedly trying to blow up a car parked near the building. He was arrested in Arlington National Cemetery and faces charges that could land him in prison for 20 years. | …
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Jewish Activists Demanding 2020 Democrats #SkipAIPAC Arrested at Biden Headquarters
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-25
Seven young Jewish Americans were arrested Tuesday at former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign headquarters in Philadelphia, where they staged a public action demanding Biden skip the annual conference held by right-wing anti-Palestinian rights lobbying group AIPAC. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Tampa students rally for justice for Jamee Johnson
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-24
Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a rally at the University of South Florida calling for justice and all victims of police brutality, highlighting Jamee Johnson, a Black man who was murdered by officers in Jacksonville. At the February 19 protest, about 15 students promoted the need for community control of the police through police accountability councils. They also demonstrated for their ongoing campaign to increase Black enrollment at USF. | With chants saying, "USF shame on you! Black lives matter too!" the students used the rally to reach out to the student body about the wa…
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Minnesota Governor Walz flees protesters demanding action against killer cops
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-22
Minneapolis, MN – When Minnesota Governor Tim Walz appeared at the University of Minnesota to reflect on his first year of governing, he was confronted by angry community members demanding that he call for the prosecutions of killer cops across the state. Family members of police murder victims were joined by Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar, UMN Students for a Democratic Society, SMASH students from Minneapolis South High School, and others. | Shortly after Walz and the event moderator were settled into two cozy armchairs on a stage at the front of a packed auditorium, one person rose from the middle of…
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Our Vision to Transform What it Means to Be a Prosecutor
aclu.org | 2020-02-18
It's a long-established fact that the United States is the largest incarcerator in the world. Over two million people are behind bars, roughly a quarter of whom are simply awaiting trial. Millions more are under some form of state supervision, such as parole or probation. | Many players have a hand in our mass incarceration crisis, but there's one actor with almost unlimited power to determine who ends up locked up and who goes free
Weekend Read: 2020: African Americans and the Vote
splcenter.org | 2020-01-29
Historian Carter G. Woodson in 1926 established "Negro History Week" to celebrate the contributions to our nation made by Black people.
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