Alameda Board of Supervisors extend Reparations Commission

Alameda Board of Supervisors extend Reparations Commission

The Alameda County Reparations Commission received a two-year extension but will have fewer resources to create an action plan to address systemic racism. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Originally Published: October 5, 2024 at 5:55 a.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an … Read more

Jamie Dimon may not show it, but JPMorgan has gone ‘woke’

Jamie Dimon may not show it, but JPMorgan has gone ‘woke’

Jamie Dimon fashions himself the “least woke person you will ever meet,” his colleagues say. Unlike so many other CEOs, the JPMorgan boss will tell anyone who listens he is immune from the woke proselytizing from advocacy groups like the Human Rights Campaign, stuff that is forcing much of corporate America to cave to the … Read more

Rogues’ gallery of people being hunted by cops over riots is released

Rogues’ gallery of people being hunted by cops over riots is released

COPS have released a rogues’ gallery of people they are hunting for in connection to the recent outbreak of rioting. Hampshire Police issued the images of seven people following disruption outside the Potter International Hotel in Aldershot on Wednesday evening. 16 Hampshire Police have issued seven images of people they want to identifyCredit: PA 16 … Read more

10 Years On, Michael Brown’s and Eric Garner’s Mothers Are Still Fighting for Justice

10 Years On, Michael Brown’s and Eric Garner’s Mothers Are Still Fighting for Justice

A decade. A whisper in the grand narrative of time, yet a chasm in the lives cleaved by the summer of 2014. It was a season punctuated by two names, two lives prematurely extinguished: Eric Garner and Michael Brown. Their deaths, separated by three weeks, became enmeshed in the grim chronicle of racialized police violence, … Read more

Whose lives matter to the Republican governor of Texas?

Whose lives matter to the Republican governor of Texas?

This is a tale of two pardons in Texas. The first was requested for George Floyd, the Black man whose murder by Minnesota police in 2020 sparked nationwide protests. His family sought a posthumous pardon in Texas related to a minor drug conviction from 2004. The officer who arrested him was later accused of fabricating evidence and … Read more

Resumes With ‘Black’ Names Like ‘Lakisha’ or ‘Jamal’ Less Likely To Get Callback, Research

Resumes With ‘Black’ Names Like ‘Lakisha’ or ‘Jamal’ Less Likely To Get Callback, Research

In 2021, economists from the University of California Berkeley and the University of Chicago conducted a study that found that job applicants with traditionally Black-sounding names were called back for an interview 10 per cent less than their white counterparts. The study developed from research conducted by professors at the University of Chicago two decades … Read more

Employees can legally support Black Lives Matter at work

Employees can legally support Black Lives Matter at work

Morales, a Home Depot employee in the Minneapolis area, had drawn the letters BLM on a work apron and refused to remove them. BLM stands for the Black Lives Matter movement, which campaigns against violence and systemic racism aimed at Black people. Morales ultimately quit because of pressure to end the use of BLM messaging. … Read more

Judge who dismissed case against violent California white supremacist is no stranger to tough decisions

Judge who dismissed case against violent California white supremacist is no stranger to tough decisions

A recent surprise ruling throwing out criminal charges against the purported founder of a Southern California-based white supremacist group over concerns that prosecutors didn’t pursue similar cases against left-wing Antifa members has brought widespread attention to a veteran federal judge with a reputation for never shying away from tough decisions. After U.S. District Judge Cormac … Read more

Cops Slash Tires In Seattle Protest For Complying With Police

Cops Slash Tires In Seattle Protest For Complying With Police

An incident involving a police officer slashing the tires of vehicles at a Free Palestine protest on February 9 is under investigation in Seattle, Washington. The actions of the Seattle Police Department, which targeted a minivan and other vehicles despite compliance from their drivers, are now under review by the Office of Police Accountability after … Read more

Ex-NY Times staffer ‘received threats’ after paper outed him as editor of Tom Cotton op-ed

Ex-NY Times staffer ‘received threats’ after paper outed him as editor of Tom Cotton op-ed

A former New York Times journalist who was assigned the task of editing a controversial op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R.-Ark.) said he received threats after the newspaper identified him as the staffer who worked on the piece. Adam Rubenstein, who described his two-year stint at the Gray Lady as being one of a “heretic” … Read more