Black Lives Matter, Demand Justice, more (2022-02-28). Monday 2/28: Have Her Back: Organizing Call to Support First Black Woman for SCOTUS. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Staff (2022-02-28). In the Footsteps of Constance Motley Brown, Supreme Court Pick Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes History. democracynow.org President Biden on Friday nominated federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill Justice Stephen Breyer's pending vacancy. If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice. We speak with Harvard constitutional law professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin about the nomination of the 51-year-old federal judge and the parallels between her and the first Black woman federal judge and civil rights legal icon Constance Baker Motley, who was at one point eyed for a Supreme Court nomination.

Staff (2022-02-28). Headlines for February 28, 2022. democracynow.org Ukraine Demands Ceasefire as Casualties Mount, Ukrainian and Russian Delegations Meet in Belarus, Belarus Could Join Russian Invasion as Putin Puts Nuclear Forces on High Alert in Latest Escalation, 500,000+ Ukrainians Become Refugees as Families Torn Apart by War, International Community Send Military Assistance, Up Sanctions on Russia
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_____ (2022-02-26). An Insider Perspective In The Black Lives Matter Global Network Sham. popularresistance.org On January 31, 2022, New York magazine published an article by Sean Campbell, "The BLM Mystery: Where did the money go?" A core demand of the article is one that many have made for many years: Show me the money! People have questions. I have a lot of answers. I am a former, and still supportive organizer in a legacy chapter (my own term) of Black Lives Matter – BLM Philly. I represented the chapter in the national network – the place that BLM Global Foundation in its several formations curated. Up until my separation from the chapter in late 2021, BLMGN was the owner/manager/user of the primary website BlackLives…

Black Lives Matter, Demand Justice, more (2022-02-26). Monday 2/28: Have Her Back: Organizing Call to Support First Black Woman for SCOTUS. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Kimberly D Manning (2022-02-26). [Perspectives] A reckoning of racial reckoning. thelancet.com I still remember where I was when I first heard about the murder of George Floyd in 2020. My husband walked into the kitchen where I was seated at the table working on my computer. He asked if I had heard about the man who had died under the knee of a police officer in Minnesota. Then, without warning, he showed me that viral video on his cell phone. It was the one and only time I would watch the entire thing. My previous lived experiences as a Black American had taught me that a single viewing was enough.

teleSUR (2022-02-26). Biden Nominates African-American Judge for US Supreme Court. telesurenglish.net With the election of the current federal appellate judge in Washington, D.C., Biden fulfills his 2020 campaign promise to make history by nominating the first African American to that position. | President Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. She is eminently qualified to serve our nation on our highest court. Feb. 26, 2022.

Jessica Corbett (2022-02-26). Hundreds of Anti-War Protesters Have Been Arrested Across Russia. truthout.org Hundreds of anti-war protesters were detained in Russia on Friday following over 1,800 The independent monitoring group OVD-Info…

Black Lives Matter, Demand Justice, more (2022-02-26). Monday 2/28: Have Her Back: Organizing Call to Support First Black Woman for SCOTUS. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Kimberly D Manning (2022-02-26). [Perspectives] A reckoning of racial reckoning. thelancet.com I still remember where I was when I first heard about the murder of George Floyd in 2020. My husband walked into the kitchen where I was seated at the table working on my computer. He asked if I had heard about the man who had died under the knee of a police officer in Minnesota. Then, without warning, he showed me that viral video on his cell phone. It was the one and only time I would watch the entire thing. My previous lived experiences as a Black American had taught me that a single viewing was enough.

Jessica Corbett (2022-02-26). Hundreds of Anti-War Protesters Have Been Arrested Across Russia. truthout.org Hundreds of anti-war protesters were detained in Russia on Friday following over 1,800 The independent monitoring group OVD-Info…

WSWS (2022-02-25). Three former Minneapolis, Minnesota police officers convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights. wsws.org The officers who failed to intervene and stop Derek Chauvin from murdering George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes, were found guilty by a jury of violating federal civil rights laws.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2022-02-25). Hallan culpables a tres implicados en asesinato de George Floyd. telesurtv.net Los expolicías Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng y Thomas Lane fueron declarados culpables por complicidad en el asesinato del afroamericano George Floyd.

Jacqueline Luqman (2022-02-25). Film Review: 'Ferguson Rises' Examines Legacy of Black Lives Matter Movement. towardfreedom.org The triumphant and hopeful end scenes in "Ferguson Rises" are a sobering reminder that mere representation without radical or justice-focused politics often replicates the system, writes Jacqueline Luqman.

JANET (2022-02-25). Sat, Feb 26 @ 12pm — Stop racist union-busting! Black Lives Matter! iacenter.org On the tenth anniversary of the killing of Trayvon Martin STOP RACIST UNION-BUSTING! Black Lives Matter! Saturday, February 26 @ 12pm Barclays Center, Brooklyn NYPD arrests Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls for delivering food NYPD HANDS OFF AMAZON LABOR UNION! REHIRE THE STARBUCKS WORKERS MEMPHIS 7! Labor leaders, union supporters and anti-racist activists will gather noon Saturday in Brooklyn to denounce the racist union-busting campaigns being organized by the bosses at Amazon and Starbucks. African-American labor leader Chris Smalls, arrested Wednesday for the crime of delivering food to Amazon workers, will b…

WSWS (2022-02-25). Financial scandal at Black Lives Matter foundation: Who benefits from racialist politics? wsws.org While leaders of the official Black Lives Matter organization have profited from book deals and corporate sponsorships, tens of millions of dollars in revenues are unaccounted for.

Joel Wendland-Liu (2022-02-25). On becoming police and prison abolitionists: But what about the murderers? peoplesworld.org Derecka Purnell is a gifted intellectual, organizer, speaker, and writer. She completed her degree at Harvard Law School after growing up in the #BlackLivesMatter struggles in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Ferguson, Missouri. Part autobiography and part smart sociological analysis, Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom documents her evolving philosophy of abolition. …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-02-25). Biden Nominates Former Public Defender Ketanji Brown Jackson To Supreme Court: 7 Things To Know About Her Political Orientation. moguldom.com President Joe Biden has nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill retiring Justice Stephen Breyer's seat, keeping his campaign promise to put a Black woman on the highest court in the land as a guardian and interpreter of the Constitution. Here are 7 things to know about Jackson's nomination and her …

Staff (2022-02-25). Headlines for February 25, 2022. democracynow.org Russian Forces Close In on Kyiv in Apparent Bid to Topple Ukraine's Government, U.N. Says Over 100,000 Ukrainians Have Already Been Displaced by Russia's Invasion, Some 1,800 Russians Arrested at Protests Against Invasion of Ukraine, "America Stands Up to Bullies": Biden Announces New Sanctions on Russia, Pentagon Says It Attacked al-Shabab in First U.S. Airstrike on Somalia Since August, Missiles Hit Near Damascus in 4th Israeli Airstrike on Syria This Month, Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson as First Black Woman SCOTUS Justice , CDC to Relax Indoor Mask Guidance, 3 Ex-Minneapolis Cop…

WSWS (2022-02-25). Three former Minneapolis, Minnesota police officers convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights. wsws.org The officers who failed to intervene and stop Derek Chauvin from murdering George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes, were found guilty by a jury of violating federal civil rights laws.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2022-02-25). Hallan culpables a tres implicados en asesinato de George Floyd. telesurtv.net Los expolicías Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng y Thomas Lane fueron declarados culpables por complicidad en el asesinato del afroamericano George Floyd.

WSWS (2022-02-25). Financial scandal at Black Lives Matter foundation: Who benefits from racialist politics? wsws.org While leaders of the official Black Lives Matter organization have profited from book deals and corporate sponsorships, tens of millions of dollars in revenues are unaccounted for.

Joel Wendland-Liu (2022-02-25). On becoming police and prison abolitionists: But what about the murderers? peoplesworld.org Derecka Purnell is a gifted intellectual, organizer, speaker, and writer. She completed her degree at Harvard Law School after growing up in the #BlackLivesMatter struggles in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Ferguson, Missouri. Part autobiography and part smart sociological analysis, Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom documents her evolving philosophy of abolition. …

WSWS (2022-02-24). Jury deliberations begin in the federal trial of three officers who assisted the murder of George Floyd. wsws.org The twelve-person jury in the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers began deliberations on Wednesday.

Jim Spellman (2022-02-24). Reparations for African American. america.cgtn.com Are reparations critical to the well-being of African Americans? What should America do to right the wrongs against the Black community? Find out more.