Mayor & Council Have Prioritized the NYPD Over Our Communities; Movement to #DefundNYPD Continues!
The City Council’s FY21 budget vote was a racial and economic justice litmus test and we now have the results. We commend the councilmembers who voted NO on the FY21 City...
How to stop your glasses from fogging up when you wear a mask
Many people are faithfully wearing masks in order to prevent others from being infected with COVID-19. But while mask-wearing is important for public health, it’s also a big adjustment for a lot of...
These 4 charts describe police violence in America
Protests over the death of George Floyd entered their seventh day on Monday as cities across the country imposed curfews and deployed police in riot gear to control demonstrators.
Floyd, a black...
Renewables surpass coal in US energy generation for first time in 130 years
Solar, wind, and other renewable sources have toppled coal in energy generation in the United States for the first time in over 130 years, with the coronavirus pandemic accelerating a decline...
Virginia’s Marijuana Decriminalization: What It Means And How It Works
It’s not the same thing as legalization, but Democrats say it’s a step on the way.
Marijuana has been an issue for Virginia’s General Assembly for decades, going back as far as...
What Is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom: Marijuana Legalization Is A ‘Civil Rights’ Issue
California Governor Gavin Newsom discussed during a press conference last week how the state plans to fix issues of systemic injustice and racism following widespread protests of police brutality. Newsom referenced...
Food waste increases during the pandemic — compounding an existing problem
Long before COVID-19 disruptions forced dairy farmers to dump millions of gallons of milk into fields and farmers to plow under fields of vegetables, a third of all food produced globally was going...
Racist monuments fall: Watery end for slave trader statue in UK
LONDON (AP)—The toppling of a statue of a notorious slave trader in Bristol, a city in the southwest of England, on Sunday by anti-racism protesters was greeted with joyous scenes.
Demonstrators attached...
Louisiana’s Angola: Proving ground for racialized capitalism
When the U.S. Civil War ended, Edward A. Pollard “of Virginia” immediately wrote a history of Confederate military operations—The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates—where...