by admindarius | Mar 19, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
Texas officials announced Wednesday they are taking over Houston’s nearly 200,000-student public school district, citing poor academic performance and mismanagement. It’s one of the largest school takeovers ever in the U.S. and comes as an affront to state Democrats...
by admindarius | Mar 11, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show in Louisville, Kentucky. On Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Department released a scathing report accusing the Louisville police of unlawfully discriminating against the city’s Black population, as well as people with behavioral health...
by admindarius | Feb 25, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. Fifty-eight years ago today, on February 21st, 1965, Malcolm X was shot dead as he spoke at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem. He had just taken the...
by admindarius | Feb 17, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
In Mississippi, a supermajority of white Republicans in the state House of Representatives has approved a bill to establish a separate court system and an expanded police force within the city of Jackson, which is 80% African American. If the legislation becomes law,...
by admindarius | Feb 7, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
In Washington state, more than 85 people locked up at the Northwest Detention Center immigration prison have launched a hunger strike to protest mistreatment and inhumane conditions. Their demands include nutritious meals, clean facilities and proper medical care. The...