The deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good are getting national attention. The brutality against primarily Black, Latino, and Asian immigrants has not triggered the same outrage.
Race & Ethnicity
Posted inLaw and Justice
We Don’t Know How Many People Have Been Harmed by ICE
How decades of inaction on police reform paved the road for ICE’s lack of transparency
Posted inTAP
King Trump Day
If you are Donald Trump, how do you acknowledge Martin Luther King Jr.? You can’t very well issue a celebratory proclamation, since Dr. King was the epitome of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in Minneapolis
There are reportedly about 3,000 federal immigration officers running riot in Minneapolis. They have been captured on video beating, gassing, and pepper-spraying bystanders and kidnapping people off the street.
Posted inTAP
How to Stop ICE
With another government funding deadline looming, congressional Democrats can at least partly curtail Trump’s thugs.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Reining In Trump’s Goons
With the apparent murder of Renee Good, our thugocracy has outed itself for all to see. We cannot let them escape the consequences.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Corporate Media Advances Conservative Narrative About Minnesota Fraud
As Trump makes racist attacks on Somali immigrants, media giants CBS, Fox, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times parrot claims from a weaponized DOJ and self-interested players.
Posted inPolitics
Not Left vs. Center, but the People vs. the Powerful
The flawed study ‘Deciding to Win’ may help Democrats get back to fighting for the forgotten middle class again.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Vulnerability of Black Immigrants
Black immigrants are more likely to be deported, in part because of their contact with the criminal justice system.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
The Hit Hollywood Didn’t Want
Ryan Coogler’s bloodsucker blockbuster is all about Black creative freedom. No wonder the industry saw it as a threat.