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Suppressing Georgia’s Black Votes

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shmsR1Ozmkg&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Anoa Changa and Greg Palast.

There comes a point in every awful horror movie where a character does something so careless and shortsighted a viewer loses faith in the storyteller. … On the verge of repeating a voting rights blunder that led to the rise of Jim CrowRead more

A few weeks ago, a thought woke Camara Jones up in the middle of the night. It was about the coronavirus. That’s commonplace these days, … Black People Are Dying From COVID-19 at Higher RatesRead more

The coronavirus entered Milwaukee from a white, affluent suburb. Then it took root in the city’s black community and erupted. As public health officials watched … African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming RateRead more

In Michigan and Illinois, African Americans make up, oh, 14 to 15% of the population but account for 41% of the COVID-19 deaths. In Chicago … COVID-19 Kills Disproportionate Number of Black AmericansRead more

Fifty years ago, on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon stood before the White House press corps, staffers at his side, to announce “a new, … America’s Drug Wars: Fifty Years of Reinforcing RacismRead more

Picture this: two babies born on the same day, maybe even within the same hour, at the Harlem Hospital Center in New York City. One … Your city is more segregated than it was in 1990Read more

Germany, which recently apologized for its role in the first genocide of the 20th century, which took place in its former colony known as German … Germany’s Apology for Its 1904-1908 Genocide in NamibiaRead more

Johns Hopkins, the 19th century businessman and namesake of the prestigious hospital and university in Baltimore, Maryland, enslaved at least four Black people before the … Johns Hopkins, Namesake of Baltimore Hospital and University, Enslaved Black PeopleRead more

When HBO’s TV series Watchmen (2019) and Lovecraft Country (2020) splashed across our screens, recreating the historical event now known as the Tulsa Massacre, Americans … The Tulsa Massacre: Remembering the History of ‘Black Wall Street’Read more