Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists and KKK reemerge in Trump’s America
Charlottesville Violence Reveals Miniscule Progress of U.S. Race Relations
Charlottesville Violence Reveals Miniscule Progress of U.S. Race Relations
America was built on violence, which in many ways remains the norm. This is particularly evident in U.S. foreign policy, which continues to authorize and support violence in various countries throughout the world. It is also manifested in the mainstream media’s over –the-top coverage of violence and the public’s tacit acceptance of same.
U.N. rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein had lobbied for the resolution at a meeting of the U.N.’s Human Rights Council.
Typically, the Black community responds to high profile cases of violence and brutality with episodic, not sustainable outrage
The family of a black teenager shot 16 times by a white Chicago police officer joined the call Friday December 11, for change in local leadership and policing in the city and nationwide, weeks after a video of the 2014 killing set off days of protests. Laquan McDonald was shot in October 2014 by police Officer Jason Van Dyke, who is charged with first-degree murder. Squad-car footage was released late last month upon a judge’s order, and protests have taken place almost daily since. Protesters allege a cover-up and have called for the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook