(2023-09-07). White Teen Accused Of Trying To Drown Black Boy While Friend Called Him 'George Floyd'. newsone.com 
Source: LagunaticPhoto / Getty | In Massachusetts, a 14-year-old white teen was indicted after being accused of trying to drown a Black boy. | According Authorities say on July 19 two white teens met up with the Black boy at Goose Pond in Chatham, Massachusetts. | There, one of the white teens allegedly "picked up a stone, threatened the victim with it" and…
(2023-09-09). Back to the drawing board for Foster's frustrated All Blacks. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-09-08). 'Token' Florida Surgeon General Defends DeSantis From Black Man Blaming Jacksonville Shooting On Governor. newsone.com 
"Django" vibes. Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo defended DeSantis from a Black man accusing the Florida governor of causing the Jacksonville shooting with racist state policies.
(2023-09-08). 'N*ggers' Do Not Belong Here': Drunk Berkeley Cop Aims Gun At Unarmed Black Man Visiting A Friend, Lawsuit Says. newsone.com 
Brian Lindhurst Jr. is reportedly suing Sgt. David Marble, an officer who allegedly attacked him and yelled racial slurs after he left a friend's house in Antioch in 2022.
(2023-09-07). 'There Is An Attack On Black Literacy': Education And Activism Go Together. popularresistance.org A 2022 report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, dubbed the nation's report card, reported that 33% of Maryland's eighth graders could not read at a basic level. For Black students, this number was an alarming 46%. Furthermore, 82% of Black students could not read at a proficient level, according to the report. | As reading levels fall, Black Baltimoreans are slipping further away from their ability to liberate themselves. Particularly during a time where socioeconomic barriers, further pronounced by the COVID-19 pandemic, and draconian legislation actively bar Black children from accessing who…
(2023-09-07). Toni Morrison's 'The Bluest Eye' on stage: A mirror of African-American life. peoplesworld.org 
PASADENA, Calif —— A mirror plays an essential role in The Bluest Eye, a dramatization by Lydia R. Diamond from the novel by 1987 Pulitzer and 1993 Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison (1931-2019) that's now on stage at A Noise Within, directed by Andi Chapman as the opener to its 2023-24 "Balancing Act" season. Morrison …
(2023-09-07). Iranian press review: Taliban denounces executions in Iran. middleeasteye.net 
Iranian press review: Taliban denounces executions in Iran | Meanwhile, Green Movement leader demands political change in letter from house arrest, and anger boils over at dismissal of professors from universities
| Thu, 09/07/2023 – 09: 48 | Taliban fighters stand guard as Afghan protesters take part in a demonstration against reports of harassment of Afghan refugees in Iran…
(2023-09-08). Cops are already arresting activists at the DSEI arms fair — and it's barely even started yet. thecanary.co 
As Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) sets up at the ExCeL centre in London, activists have begun resisting it. Not far behind them are the cops — with nine arrests already, even before this notorious arms fair begins properly. DSEI arms fair: dealing in death The Canary has been documenting the build-up to this …
(2023-09-08). Texas School Discriminates Against Black Student With Locs Even Though That's Illegal. newsone.com 
Source: simonkr / Getty | The mother of a Black teen from Texas is demanding answers after her son was discriminated against for his hair, which is illegal in the state due to the Crown Act. |
