by Michelle Goldberg Conservatives are focusing on Trayvon’s tweets, appearance, school suspension over marijuana traces, and the hoodie he was wearing to blame him for his own death—and to show that his killing had nothing to do with racism. Plus… Read More ›
DAKAR. Africans say they have little hope that Europe will ever become civilized, after a week in which Spain’s King Carlos went on an elephant-killing spree and the Swedish Culture Minister was entertained by a racially offensive cake. “You can… Read More ›
Intro: Tragedy, Violence and Bourgeois Discourse Your average American is no stranger to murder. Periodically, we hear of another senseless crime, another mass murder, another tragedy taking innocent life. Like clockwork, whenever a high-profile shooting takes place in America, two… Read More ›
(Reuters) – A few hundred protesters, some toting placards reading “no to racial profiling,” marched through downtown Phoenix on Wednesday to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to block Arizona’s two-year-old crackdown on illegal immigrants. “My message to the Supreme Court… Read More ›
A spokeswoman says U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann wasn’t referring to race when she used the term “tar baby” to attack President Barack Obama’s energy policy. The Minnesota Republican told a conservative blog Wednesday that Obama’s calls for more regulation of… Read More ›
Federal probe » Justice department to analyze how the city’s police department handled the investigation. Sanford, Fla. • While George Zimmerman is free on bail, the police chief criticized for not charging him after Trayvon Martin’s slaying remains under scrutiny,… Read More ›
For Trayvon, Mumia & the Many More by Mark Louis Taylor Trayvon Martin and Mumia Abu-Jamal. One is dead. One languished on death row for thirty years. They are separated in age by a generation, separated by different locations and… Read More ›
Racism exposed in discrimination lawsuit Considering their behavior and tactics over the last 20 years, this isn’t too much of a surprise, but it has been revealed that NYPD officers are trained and instructed to “treat black people like animals.”… Read More ›
A Miami-Dade fire captain is under investigation after he asserted that the death of an unarmed Florida teen was the fault of “failed, shitbag, ignorant, pathetic, welfare dependent excuses for parents.” According to the Grio, Miami-Dade fire captain Brian Beckmann… Read More ›
by MARK VORPAHL Weeks after the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Special Prosecutor Angela Corey has announced that his killer, George Zimmerman, will be charged with second degree murder. Though originally allowed to walk scot free without any charges, Zimmerman… Read More ›
A British writer has been sacked by a leading American magazine after writing an article, inspired by reactions to Trayvon Martin’s killing, that appeared to urge white children to avoid black people. John Derbyshire was dismissed by The National Review… Read More ›
(CNN) — A North Carolina judge set aside the death sentence of a convicted killer after concluding Friday that race played a role in the case, a landmark ruling that may call into question a number of death row cases… Read More ›
The Huffington Post | By Gene Demby A road sign on a Michigan freeway was hacked early Monday morning and its message changed to “Trayvon A Nigger.” According to Rob Morosi, a spokesman for the state’s department of transportation, someone… Read More ›
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