Protesters deserve a neutral accounting of risk. Conor Friedersdorf argues: “Protesters objecting to police killings deserve warnings as blunt as what protesters objecting to shutdowns got, not politeness that leaves them less prepared to stay safe.” America, meanwhile, is giving up on the pandemic. Alexis and Rob write: “Businesses are …
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On Sunday (June 7), former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were among a group of celebrities who virtually honored the graduating high school class of 2020. The Obamas applauded the students for their perseverance in an academic journey made difficult in the final months by the coronavirus …
Read More »Screenshot: CBS News A statue of a prominent slave trader found its proper home on Sunday: at the bottom of a harbor. The overdue relocation came at the hands of Black Lives Matter protesters in the British town of Bristol. Videos of them toppling the statue, rolling it through the …
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On a sunny pre-pandemic afternoon at the beach near Santa Cruz, California, children shriek as the waves demolish their sand castles, and seagulls squawk over a discarded bag of salt-and-vinegar potato chips. Pelicans, sea lions, and fishermen flock to the end of an old wooden pier, attracted by schools of …
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The Minneapolis City Council voted on Sunday (June 7) to dismantle the city’s police department after concluding that more attempts to reform the force would not work. Nine of the 13 council members voted in favor of the decision, which constitutes a veto-proof majority, Council President Lisa Bender told CNN. …
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COVID-19 has hammered or imperiled everything from the likes of Wall Street companies to Main Street entrepreneurs in America, wreaking havoc on the nation’s economy. But master real estate investor Joseph Asamoah has defied the pandemic by sticking to a business model that has worked for over 25 years. His approach …
Read More »Photo: Kevin Winter (Getty Images) In honor of what would have been his 62nd birthday on June 7, Prince’s estate released the lyric video for his 2015 song commemorating the black victims of police brutality titled “Baltimore.” The video was released in response to the recent wave of Black Lives …
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America’s standing in the world was damaged by Jim Crow, a segregated military fighting World War II, resistance to school integrations, the My Lai massacre, and the torture of prisoners after 9/11. Americans are not good at getting things right at the outset; we are good at making things right …
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As protests rage for the 13th straight day over the repeated and habitual police killings of Black people, BET is unpacking this historic moment with a primetime town hall on social justice on Sunday (June 7). Justice Now: A BET Town Hall, hosted by Marc Lamont Hill, assembled a diverse …
Read More »Photo: Scott Gries (ImageDirect) To call TLC’s “Waterfall” video iconic is almost underselling it. This award-winning video owned MTV back when that was a thing worthy of note and did it while addressing social issues like violence and HIV-awareness. The video stayed true to concept, used some CGI and showed …
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