Amanda Yee (2022-09-12). Black Brooklyn under attack: the over-policing of West Indian Day celebrations. liberationnews.org "This parade being one of the few parades that's dedicated to Black, Indigenous, brown culture, is the parade that's the most criminalized by the NYPD," said anti-police brutality activist and lifelong Crown Heights resident Kerbie Joseph. "People who live in their own communities are being subjugated to checkpoints in their own neighborhoods."

_____ (2022-09-11). Rifles, Tasers And Jails: How Cities And States Spent Billions Of COVID-19 Relief. popularresistance.org After signing the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) last spring, President Joe Biden touted what the economic stimulus bill would deliver: food assistance to millions of people in need, lower healthcare premiums for millions of Americans, and $350 billion for state and local governments to spend on COVID-19 recovery. Economists say it was the largest infusion of federal funding in local governments in almost 40 years. | A year later, ARPA became one of President Biden's talking points to demonstrate Democrats are not out to defund the police. | "[T]he American Rescue Plan … provided $350 billion tha…

WSWS (2022-09-11). Pregnant women held indefinitely in Alabama jail for drug use in pregnancy. wsws.org Since 2010, around 1 women have been detained in the Etowah Detention Center in Alabama for using drugs during their pregnancies. Mandatory rehabilitation stipulations in Alabama's chemical endangerment laws ensure that many of them will remain in jail indefinitely.

WSWS (2022-09-11). Pregnant women held indefinitely in Alabama jail for drug use. wsws.org Since 2010, around 1 women have been detained in the Etowah Detention Center in Alabama for using drugs during their pregnancies. Mandatory rehabilitation stipulations in Alabama's chemical endangerment laws ensure that many of them will remain in jail indefinitely.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-09). USA: Hundreds in Congress, Law Enforcement and Military are Members of Fascist Groups. libya360.wordpress.com People's World &#1 ; ^Sources A man wearing an Oath Keepers shirt stands outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, Nov. 19, 2021 in Kenosha, Wis. A new report says that the names of hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials, and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of the far-right extremist group that played…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-09). USA: Hundreds in Congress, Law Enforcement and Military are Members of Fascist Groups. libya360.wordpress.com People's World &#1 ; ^Sources A man wearing an Oath Keepers shirt stands outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, Nov. 19, 2021 in Kenosha, Wis. A new report says that the names of hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials, and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of the far-right extremist group that played…

_____ (2022-09-09). 'Liberalism Is Counter-Revolutionary'. popularresistance.org Black faces in high places are dangerous because the masses get caught up in symbolism and style over substance. They become confused and fall for perceived power over real power. An example would be Plantation Manager Joe Biden. He has appointed close to two dozen African Americans (mostly women with European husbands and wives) to his cabinet and senior advisors—more than any other President (including the one he served under), and there has been no significant changes in the conditions we live under. Yet, because there is a Black Woman Vice President, a Black Woman Supreme Court Justice and Black Woman P…

Ann Brown (2022-09-08). Remembering Clyde X: The Black Business Pioneer Who Helped Set Up 'Little Egypt' In St. Louis. moguldom.com Clyde X was one of the Nation of Islam's most well-known leaders, especially in St. Louis, Missouri, and Cleveland, Ohio. In each city, he left his mark. In Cleveland, he developed one of the country's first African-American mosques and helped create an area in the community known as "Little Egypt." Clyde X, who was born …