by News Headlines | Jan 31, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
The release of a video showing the killing of Tyre Nichols by police officers has provoked widespread outrage.This content was originally published here.
by News Headlines | Jan 31, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
For the 119th episode of the Journalism History podcast, hosted by Ken Ward, Caryl Cooper shares the career of Rebecca Stiles Taylor, who used her column at the Chicago Defender to champion social justice and political empowerment in the 1940s.Caryl Cooper...
by News Headlines | Jan 31, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
The chair of California’s reparations panel is apparently pushing for a wealth tax, mansion tax or a property tax to pay billions of dollars to descendants of slaves.Members of the California task force set up under woke Gov. Gavin Newsom have previously...
by News Headlines | Jan 31, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
None of this comes as a surprise. DeSantis has built his political brand on eradicating “wokeness” in Florida’s public schools and universities. But is there something to his critique?POLITICO Magazine asked me to evaluate the curriculum on its merits. Several themes...
by News Headlines | Jan 31, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
Proactive policing in the US, the kind of policing activity intended to prevent crime at officers’ discretion rather than respond to reports of problems, overwhelmingly happens as a function of racial profiling.Data points abound. Police officers consistently stop and...
by News Headlines | Jan 31, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
First Justice Lab Settlement Announced Days After Memphis Officers Charged for Killing Tyre NicholsSHREVEPORT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana today announced a settlement on behalf of Mr. Brandon Kennedy, who was wrongfully attacked, arrested, and...