The first African-American elected to serve as a commissioner for Hennepin County, Minnesota, was sworn in using a copy of the “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” by Michelle Alexander, a best-selling book that examines how mass incarceration has devastated the black community. “The choice of ‘The New Jim Crow’ was […]
New York City will soon ban hair-based discrimination in a first-of-its-kind policy, according to The New York Times. The New York City Commission on Human Rights is expected to issue new guidelines this week that would consider harassment or discrimination based on hair or hairstyle to be a form of racial discrimination. The guidelines reportedly […]
The Democratic Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives said Tuesday there was “no way” he would consider a movement to impeach Gov. Michelle Lujan GrishamMichelle Lynn Lujan GrishamNew Mexico passes bill requiring state’s electricity come from renewable energy New Mexico governor signs law requiring background checks for almost all firearm sales New Mexico […]
Click:Scalp treatment Click:Piping bag making machine The Denver Public School system on Thursday apologized for saying it would report striking teachers on visas to immigration authorities, the Denver Post reports. The Denver Classroom Teachers Association voted earlier this week to begin a district-wide walkout to secure better pay for educators. Soon after the announcement, one […]
A Virginia state employee is accusing Virginia first lady Pam Northam of giving her eighth-grade daughter and another African-American student raw cotton and telling them to imagine being slaves during a tour of the governor’s mansion. “The Governor and Mrs. Northam have asked the residents of the Commonwealth to forgive them for their racially insensitive past actions,” Leah […]
More than 800 students in the Washington county that is battling one of the nation’s largest measles outbreaks have been ordered to stay away from classrooms for up to three weeks, The Seattle Times reported Wednesday. Students deemed to have been exposed to the measles have been told to stay away from schools, the paper reported. […]
The chair of a Tennessee county Republican group is defending the decision to share a meme that appears to mock Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-CortezSenate GOP expected to force vote on Green New Deal in March O’Rourke praises Ocasio-Cortez: ‘She’s freed herself from fear’ Activists go on ‘birth strike’ over climate change MORE’s (D-N.Y.) intelligence. The Williamson County […]
Cassandra Hollemon, one of the 17 black women elected as Houston-area judges last year, has died one week after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Hollemon’s daughter, Brandy Hollemon, confirmed to the Associated Press that her mother died Monday at age 57. “She was an awesome, very strong woman,” Brandy Hollemon said. Cassandra Hollemon was part of the “Black […]
A bill that would ban schools from teaching abstinence-only sex education is making its way through the Colorado state Legislature. The Colorado state House overwhelmingly voted earlier this week to pass a measure that would require state schools offering sex education to provide a comprehensive curriculum that teaches students about options other than abstinence. If passed, […]
Click:ARCOTRONICS CapacitorOnly about one-third of students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) attended school on Monday as thousands of Los Angeles public school teachers went on strike. According to preliminary data obtained by the Los Angeles Times, 141,631 students showed up to classes on Monday. The district enrolls roughly 485,000 students. District officials told the Times that 54 of […]