Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) is comparing “pro-Palestinian” protests to the Black Lives Matter movement. They are alike in more ways than she can express, including that they are both built on myths. Bush is tying the two movements together by claiming that the antisemitic protesters harassing Jewish students on college campuses and expressing support for […]
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.
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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...
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...
Now in its third year (and fifth event), the Black Food Truck Festival (BFTF) has grown into an impressive showing of not only Black food trucks, but of a community hungry for more opportunities to celebrate Black-owned businesses. The festival takes place April 26 through April 28, with an opening night event held on Friday […]
For years I worked as police reporter for The Washington Times, spending long hours in squad cars in various cities getting to know cops well. Now I listen to nice white people in the suburbs, and self-assured voices from NPR, talking about the police. They know nothing of the world where the police work. They […]
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, […]
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Shafaqna English- British Muslim Students told stories of prayer at school after a pupil lost her legal challenge against a top London school after it brought in a ban to promote social cohesion. It was in year nine when Hanzla started praying in the playground during lunchtime at his secondary
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.
Power outage closes inside of West Side Market Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio