A largely black group of Chicago residents devoured by looters who deceive the city, backed down in protest against Black Lives Matter. When access was blocked again last night in the downtown area to stop more marauding – with bridges repaired and highway disasters closed, protesters turned to the South …
Read More »Celebrities demand justice for Breonna Taylor with T-shirt campaign
Stars including Jessica Alba, Regina King, Olivia Wilde and Tracee Ellis Ross demand justice for Breonna Taylor with a powerful style statement. On Monday, 150 days after Taylor was assassinated, more than 70 celebrities posted Instagram photos with a T-shirt of black and female-owned brand Phenomenal that read, “Arrest the …
Read More »City of Seattle approves cuts to police positions, budget
SEATTLE – Seattle City Council on Monday approved proposals that the police department be reduced by as many as 100 officers due to dismissals and atrocities – an action supported by protesters who marched in the city following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, but strongly against the …
Read More »This game we played in school was so bad
Dear Amy: With knowledge comes broader perspective. I am a person of color. While studying for my Ph.D. in clinical psychology I have realized that many things about my upbringing were wrong. Columnist Amy Dickinson (Bill Hogan / Chicago Tribune) In light of the social environment at the moment, the …
Read More »A historic account for the global slave trade
At the Tate Modern museum in London, they reopened just after the coronavirus lockon, to discover that the installation – thought to have been bold when it first opened last fall in the museum’s enormous entrance – now seems positive clairvoyant. It’s a statement about slavery by American artist Kara …
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