Drug War Critics Slam Olympics for Suspending US Track Star Over Marijuana Use
As American track star Sha’Carri Richardson on Friday apologized and accepted her suspension from the 100-meter sprint event at the upcoming Summer Olympics in Tokyo following a positive marijuana test, drug war abolitionists, progressive politicians, athletes, and other observers decried what they called the utter absurdity of a ban occurring amid a wave of U.S. cannabis legalization.
Appearing on NBC’s “Today” show Friday morning, Richardson — widely viewed as a top contender for Tokyo gold following a string of stellar performances including a winning 10.86-second 100-meter run at the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon last month — said she was sorry for her actions.
Supreme Court “Hijacking” Democracy with Rulings That Gut Voting Rights & Allow More Dark...
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: In a 6-to-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has further gutted the Voting Rights Act by upholding...
New Records Show the NYPD’s Favored Punishment: Less Vacation Time
In some of the NYPD’s most severe misconduct cases, the only punishment officers faced was losing vacation days.by Moiz Syed and Derek Willis, June 22, 2021After the repeal...
Cigarettes Vs Blunts: Is One More Harmful Than The Other?
There are marked differences between tobacco and marijuana, but there are still a few things they share. One of them is smoke, a harmful agent no matter which way you look...
Doctors And Patients Agree: Doctors Aren’t Good Sources For Medical Marijuana Info
The majority of cannabis patients do not consider their primary care physicians a good source of information regarding cannabis, according to a recent survey. The results coincide with a growing concern...
Black Womanist Theology Offers Hope in the Face of White Supremacy
The language of “American racial reckoning” has been frequently cited since the tragic murder of George Floyd and the raising of American consciousness regarding its history of systemic racism. The ongoing murders of Black people by the police, and the profound ways in which Black people must continue to struggle against forms of anti-Black inequity across various political, social and economic indices, prove that there needs to be a robust reckoning. And yet, these realities perpetuate forms of anti-Black pain and suffering that thwart and belie such reckoning.
On Juneteenth, Let’s Celebrate Momentum of a Growing Racial Justice Movement
“All slaves are free,” Union troops shouted. On June 19, 1865, they read Order No. 3, written by Gen. Gordon Granger to the enslaved people in Galveston, Texas. Cheering crowds followed the soldiers. In the war’s aftermath, ex-Confederates attacked Blacks for celebrating freedom, but joy was stronger than fear. The holiday of Juneteenth began.
One hundred and fifty-six years later, Juneteenth — which has for decades been celebrated through family gatherings and grassroots political organizing — has now been designated by the U.S. Senate as the 11th federal holiday, in addition to being observed as a state holiday by 47 states.