NOV. 23, 2014
Don’t let yourself get lost in the weeds. Don’t allow yourself to believe that opposition to President Obama’s executive actions on immigration is only about that issue, the president’s tactics, or his lack of obsequiousness to his detractors.
Continue reading My Comment on: Bigger Than Immigration | NYTimes
Tag Archives: Ferguson
@MichaelEDyson to #Giuliani: It’s ‘the defense mechanism of #whitesupremacy in your mind’
Professor Michael Eric Dyson was in rare form today and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani got his just desserts, in the most spectacular way. Watch:
http://youtu.be/jV0IdJcBIao
Continue reading @MichaelEDyson to #Giuliani: It’s ‘the defense mechanism of #whitesupremacy in your mind’
Scarborough, McCaskill: Darren Wilson getting his life back
Deadspin #Police-#Shooting Database Update: We’re Still Going
By Kyle Wagner
Last Wednesday, we launched an impossibly ambitious project: cataloguing every police-involved shooting in America over the last three years. After one week, we’re further along than we could have imagined. Continue reading Deadspin #Police-#Shooting Database Update: We’re Still Going
UPDATED: It’s a miracle #MichaelBrown even graduated from this beleaguered school
UPDATE:
I called Normandy high school today and asked the person who answered the phone to confirm or deny that the entire class of 2014 had to share graduation gowns for their pictures. The person denied the story.
August 14, 2014
Mark Sumner
In Pluto’s diary on the life of Michael Brown, you might notice one detail that’s both touching and disturbing:
Mike’s graduation photograph was taken in March 2014, still many months ahead of when he would be able to graduate in August. Imagine the “why” of this fact:
The grinding poverty in Mike’s world only allowed Normandy High School to acquire two graduation gowns to be shared by the entire class. The students passed a gown from one to the other. Each put the gown on, in turn, and sat before the camera to have their graduation photographs taken. Until it was Mike’s turn.
What kind of American school would have to share robes across the entire senior class? Continue reading UPDATED: It’s a miracle #MichaelBrown even graduated from this beleaguered school
Ferguson, Missouri’s Complicated History of Poverty and Racial Tension | The New Republic
You Can’t Understand Ferguson Without First Understanding These Three Things – Reflections from a former state senator from St. Louis
By Jeffrey Smith
You can’t really understand Ferguson—the now-famous St. Louis suburb with a long history of white people sometimes maliciously, sometimes not, imposing their will on black people’s lives—unless you understand Kinloch. Continue reading Ferguson, Missouri’s Complicated History of Poverty and Racial Tension | The New Republic
Cable News’ Depiction of Mike Brown | MSM and Ferguson
August 17, 2014
Jesse Williams’ very eloquent thoughts on Mike Brown’s depiction in cable news shows:
I was irritated and distracted as I watched a panel discussion on CNN yesterday. What was the source of my irritation? Continue reading Cable News’ Depiction of Mike Brown | MSM and Ferguson
Rand Paul: Opportunist or Ferguson’s Libertarian Civil Rights Hope?
Senator Rand Paul published an op-ed in Time Magazine and gave a speech this week about Ferguson Missouri and Civil Rights. Given Senator Paul’s long-held views on civil rights, how should we interpret this latest effort? Is it opportunism or a genuine attempt at curing a longstanding social wrong? Let’s examine the record: Continue reading Rand Paul: Opportunist or Ferguson’s Libertarian Civil Rights Hope?
@RepJohn Lewis Calls For #MartialLaw in #Ferguson | MSNBC
Congressman John Lewis – a recognized leader of the Civil Rights Movement – spoke out Thursdayon the police violence in Ferguson, Missouri, during an msnbc interview saying President Obama should use the authority of his office to declare martial law to “federalize the Missouri national guard to protect people as they protest.”
Continue reading @RepJohn Lewis Calls For #MartialLaw in #Ferguson | MSNBC
What Militarization of Police Looks Like in Ferguson, Mo.
Police forces around the country have equipped themselves with surplus military equipment our DoD doesn’t need.
This is what Ferguson, Missouri looks like tonight.