The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review an appeal by a Black Lives Matter activist, allowing the case against him to move forward in the lower courts.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Black Lives Matters organizer DeRay Mckesson, letting stand a lower court’s decision that some critics fear could wind up limiting the First Amendment rights of Americans to organize protests against the government and police. The upshot is that Mckesson’s case will return to a lower court for further review. There were no noted dissents but Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote separately and said that lower courts would be able to take into...
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West has announced that he has chosen Black Lives Matter co-founder Melina Abdullah as his running mate.
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Black Lives Matter organizer who was held liable by a lower court for a random protester’s attack on a police officer at a protest he organized. In 2016, civil rights activist Deray Mckesson was sued by an unnamed Baton Rouge police officer — "John Doe" — for injuries he sustained during a protest. Doe claimed that an unidentified third party threw a "rock-like" object during the protest and hit him, knocking his teeth out and leaving him...
During Black Maternal Health Month, Black moms are sharing their childbirth stories and postpartum experiences with CafeMom.
Cate Blanchett narrates the four-part nature docuseries.
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The start of the U.S. Government’s effort to take control over the entire planet occurred on 25 July 1945 by U.S. President Harry Truman, just a few months after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had died on 12 April 1945. Dr. Marco Soddu’s excellent 13 December 2012 study of “Truman Administration’s […]
Live stream of rare Mallorcan Black Vultures, with views of parent birds interacting with a newly hatched chick. On Tuesday 16 April the Mediterranean Wildlife Foundation (FVSM) connected the cameras trained on the clifftop nests in the Serra de Tramuntana to the web. The black vulture (Aegypius monachus) was close to extinction in the 1980s, […]
NEW DELHI: The ongoing civil war in Myanmar, a nation of approximately 55 million people situated between China and India, threatens to tear the country apart. Despite the conflict's international ramifications, it has not garnered widespread attention.In recent months, resistance fighters in Myanmar's remote areas have been consistently defeating the ruling military junta, surprising analysts and raising the possibility of the junta's collapse. The war has become a human rights disaster, with...
South Carolina will wrap up spring practice on Saturday as it makes its way over to Williams-Brice Stadium for the Garnet & Black Spring Game.
Can Ronnie O'Sullivan claim a record eighth title?