Above photo: Nikole Hannah-Jones 1619 Project. Two chapters in the 1619 Project provide historical context for the contemporary system of state-sanctioned violence and mass incarceration. Nikole Hannah-Jones, a New York Times journalist and Howard University journalism professor, is the architect of the revised and expanded book version of “A New Origin Story: The 1619 Project, published in late 2021. Hannah-Jones often discusses the influence of 19th and early 20th century journalist, women’s rights organizer, anti-lynching campaigner and public speaker, Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931), on her initial interests and pursuit of a career as a writer focused on themes related to racial […]
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Dissociated Press The Nazi Anti-Defamation League (NADL) has awarded Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeff Lurie its highest award, the Knight of the Iron Cross, for inflicting “the most severe punishment imaginable” on wide receiver DeSean Jackson: trading him back to the Washington R*dsk*ns. “DeSean Jackson must not be allowed to misquote the sacred words of der Fuhrer with impunity,” explained NADL head Jonathan Groinbutt. “This trade sends a message that any NFL player who doesn’t treat Hitler with proper respect will soon find himself playing for a garbage franchise whose politically-incorrect name stinks so badly it needs to be asterisked like a […]
Two hundred and sixteen medical professionals signed an article published in The Lancet medical journal demanding an end to the “ongoing torture and medical neglect” of award-wining WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, who remains incarcerated in Britain’s Belmarsh maximum-security prison. Clinical psychologist Dr Lissa Johnson, who co-authored the letter, explained to Sputnik why she and her colleagues felt it necessary to draft this latest version despite having already published a letter in February. Sputnik: Why did you co-author this letter in The Lancet demanding an “end to the torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange”? Dr Lissa Johnson: We wrote this letter […]