#WhiteCoatsForBlackLives Wants Racial Justice In Medicine By Kim Brown, The Real News. July 11, 2020 #WhiteCoatsForBlackLives Wants Racial Justice In Medicine2020-07-112020-07-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/dly070220_abramson_coats_web.jpg200px200px The healthcare industry has a long and well-documented history of racist treatment of Black and Indigenous people. Now, doctors join the movement for Black lives. Kim Brown: Welcome […]
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Fans sit in the stands before the start of a game between the New York Giants and Washington Redskins at FedEx Field in 2019 in Landover, Md. The Redskins, and other teams, are reviewing their names. Patrick McDermott/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Fans sit in the […]
Three Los Angeles police officers are facing charges of falsifying records and obstruction of justice over allegations that they wrongly identified people as gang members, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday. In a 59-count complaint, LAPD officers Braxton Shaw, Michael Coblentz and Nicolas Martinez are alleged to […]
A makeshift memorial is pictured after a Juneteenth demonstration in Palmdale, Calif., at the tree where Robert Fuller was found dead. Kyle Grillot/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kyle Grillot/AFP via Getty Images A makeshift memorial is pictured after a Juneteenth demonstration in Palmdale, Calif., at the tree […]
A San Francisco Police Department patch is shown on an officer’s uniform. A new Pew Research Center survey shows changing opinions about law enforcement. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP A San Francisco Police Department patch is shown on an officer’s uniform. A new Pew Research Center survey […]
Economic Justice Rally Pushes For City Level Reparations July 9, 2020 Economic Justice Rally Pushes For City Level Reparations2020-07-092020-07-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/saintpaulrecoveryactreparationsrally-1200×675-e1594311540874.png200px200px St. Paul, MN – After weeks of intense protests following the murder of George Floyd by police, Minnesota organizers are pushing legislative changes to bring forth justice for the Black community. […]
Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts awaits the arrival of President Donald Trump in the House of Representatives to deliver the State of the Union address in February. Roberts spent one night in the hospital in June after injuring his forehead in a fall. Pool/Getty Images hide caption […]
In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. The decision is often framed as a landmark decision that transformed education for Black students, allowing them equal access to integrated classrooms. But more than six decades later, segregation in American […]
The Supreme Court belatedly disclosed Tuesday night that Chief Justice John Roberts, 65, fell and was hospitalized overnight last month. A seizure was ruled out by doctors with the fall being blamed on dehydration and Roberts’ injury to his forehead from the fall needing sutures, according to a Supreme Court […]
Protesters hold up a lighted sign reading “#sayhername” during a July 2015 vigil for Sandra Bland in Chicago. Bland died in a Texas jail after a traffic stop escalated into a physical confrontation. Authorities said Bland hanged herself, a finding her family disputed. Christian K. Lee/AP hide caption toggle caption […]
The sign for J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Va., named after the slaveholding Confederate general, photographed in 2017. The name was changed to Justice High School two years ago. Matt Barakat/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Barakat/AP The sign for J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Va., […]
NASCAR Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace stands during the national anthem before a NASCAR auto race Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption toggle caption Darron Cummings/AP NASCAR Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace stands during the national anthem before a NASCAR auto race Sunday at […]
Massive March Demands Justice And Liberation For Palestine July 6, 2020 Massive March Demands Justice And Liberation For Palestine2020-07-062020-07-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/palestine-rights-protest-in-brooklyn-ny.-photo-by-joe-catron-from-flickr-e1594067410383.jpg200px200px Above: photo Palestine rights protest in Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Joe Catron from Flickr. NOTE: For more pictures go to the original at Samidoun. Thousands of people joined a massive rally and […]
“You can’t blame this on a police officer, you can’t say this is about criminal justice reform, this is about some people carrying some weapons who shot up a car with an 8-year-old baby in the car,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew […]
The death of George Floyd in police custody on May 25 sparked protests and tributes in Minneapolis and across the country. All four officers involved were fired and now face criminal charges. Jim Mone/AP hide caption toggle caption Jim Mone/AP The death of George Floyd in police custody on May […]
Remains of the Christopher Columbus statue near Little Italy in Baltimore after it was ripped from its pedestal by protesters on July 4, 2020. Baltimore Sun/TNS via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Baltimore Sun/TNS via Getty Images Remains of the Christopher Columbus statue near Little Italy in Baltimore after […]
The National Basketball Association has kicked off controversy after the league reportedly approved a set list of progressive slogans players may wear on their jerseys – a move slammed as a hollow corporate marketing ploy. The catalogue of acceptable opinions was leaked to ESPN on Friday, featuring 29 pithy ‘social […]
A general view of FedEx Field in Landover, Md. Mark Tenally/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Tenally/AP A general view of FedEx Field in Landover, Md. Mark Tenally/AP FedEx, the title sponsor of the Washington Redskins’ stadium, is asking the team to change its name following a report that investors […]
Actor Dean Cain, who portrayed Superman for a 1990s TV show, has set Twitter ablaze after arguing that modern ‘cancel culture’ would have outlawed the superhero’s catchphrase – “Truth, justice and the American way.” Speaking with Fox’s Ainsley Earhard on Thursday, the conservative actor took aim at ‘cancel culture,’ dubbing […]
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President David Rubin speaks onstage during the 11th Annual Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center on October 27, 2019 in Hollywood, Calif. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Winter/Getty Images Academy of Motion Picture Arts […]
FOX News cable television set a new record this past quarter. The Tucker Carlson Show set the record for the largest cable news show audience during a single quarter in cable news history. He did this by calling for equal justice under the law and for free speech. These are […]
Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old protester pushed to the ground by Buffalo police earlier this month, has been released from the hospital after nearly four weeks. Gugino’s attorney, Kelly Zarcone, said in a statement he was released from the Erie County Medical Center on Tuesday and will recover at location that […]
A statue of King Leopold II stands defaced after protests earlier this month in Brussels. Belgian King Philippe sent his “regrets” over the violent colonial policies kick-started by his predecessor. Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images A statue of King Leopold II […]
The quest for toppling statues has spun out of control, with some Black Lives Matter sympathisers calling for the removal of white Jesus imagery – and even non-existent statues. An Australian social justice activist who demanded that statues of three white explorers be torn down has wrongly identified one of […]