This Black Sista's Memorial Page
commentary on the news from 2009…and then some
Top Posts
Justice for Trayvon Benjamin Martin and Healing for His Parents and Friends
Justice for “Wisconsin’s Trayvon,” Bo Morrison, and Healing for His Family and Friends
R.I.P. Steve Gilliard (1964-2007)
Global Voices
BlogHer!
Add This
Amazons & Valkyries
- Angry Black Bitch
- Blog Her
- Echidne of the Snakes
- Feministe
- Feministing
- Rebecca Walker’s Blog
- The Crunk Feminist Collective
- Uppity Brown Woman
- Womanist Musings
Born on the Bayou
- Adrastos’ Blog City
- Bayou Buzz
- First Draft
- Our Man in New Orleans
- The Louisiana Weekly
- Your Right Hand Thief
Bread & Circuses
- Bossip
- Electronic Urban Report
- Kiss My Black Ads
- Media TakeOut
- Nikki Finke
- NNDB
- Radar
- The Smoking Gun
- TMZ.com
- Wonkette
Brothas & Sistas
- 3ChicsPolitico
- Afro-Netizen
- Afrospear
- Angry Black Lady
- Black Agenda Report
- Black Commentator
- Black Mexico
- Black Tokyo
- Black Voices
- Color Lines
- Color of Change
- Farai Chideya
- Jack and Jill Politics
- Michelle Obama Watch
- New America Media
- New Black Man
- Pam’s House Blend
- Prometheus 6
- Racialicious
- Rod 2.0
- San Francisco Bayview
- Shadow and Act
- Skeptical Brotha
- Ta-Nehisi Coates @ The Atlantic
- The Black Snob
- The Field Negro
- The Grio
- The Intersection of Madness and Reality
- The Obamacrat
- The Republic of T
- The Root
- This Week with Barack Obama
- Uppity Negro Network
- What About Our Daughters?
Fellow Travelers
- AmericaBlog
- Bill Maher’s Real Time
- Booman Tribune
- Buzzflash
- Crooks and Liars
- Daily Kos
- Democracy Now!
- Digby’s Hullabaloo
- Eschaton
- Greg Palast
- James Wolcott
- Jesus’ General
- Jon Stewart
- Juan Cole
- Keith Olbermann
- Left Turn
- Liberal Oasis
- Mark Crispin Miller
- Media Matters
- Orcinus
- Raw Story
- Salon
- Stephanie Miller
- Talk Left
- Talking Points Memo
- The Edge of Sports
- The Huffington Post
- The Real News Project
- The Rude Pundit
- Think Progress
- Thom Hartmann
- Truthdig
- Truthout
- ZMagazine
Mad City
- Avol’s Bookstore
- Dane County Farmers’ Market on Capitol Square
- Frugal Muse Bookstore
- The Barrymore Theatre
- The Capital City Hues
- The Capital Times
- The Isthmus
- The Madison Times
- TheMic92.1
- Willy Street Coop
- Wisconsin Book Festival
- Wisconsin Film Festival
- WORT-FM, Madison, WI
Reading, Writing & Writers
SGI Nichiren Buddhism
- “Faith in Revolution”
- A Memorial to Shin Yatomi
- Daisaku Ikeda
- Fortune Child Books
- GakkaiOnlineNet
- SGI
- SGI Buddhism.org
- SGI-USA
- Tricycle – SGI Nichiren Buddhism
- Victory Over Violence
The New York Times
- A Fringe Conspiracy Theory, Fostered Online, Is Refashioned by the G.O.P. May 16, 2022Replacement theory, espoused by the suspect in the Buffalo massacre, has been embraced by some right-wing politicians and commentators.
- How Buffalo Suspect’s Racist Writings Reveal Links to Other Attacks May 16, 2022Filled with hate, the screed describes a mass shooting at a grocery store and connects it with a belief shared by gunmen in previous massacres.
- Yellen Looks to Get Global Tax Deal Back on Track During Europe Trip May 16, 2022The Treasury secretary is traveling to Warsaw, Brussels and Bonn, Germany, this week at an uncertain time for the global economy.
- The Lost Americans May 14, 2022Nearly one million people have died from Covid in the United States. Many of the loved ones they left behind are grieving in a nation that wants to move on.
- A Fracture in Idaho’s G.O.P. as the Far Right Seeks Control May 16, 2022Ahead of a primary vote, traditional Republicans are raising alarm about the future of the party, warning about the growing strength of militia members, racists and the John Birch Society.
- Thousands Gather at Marches for Abortion Rights May 15, 2022Nearly two weeks after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, protesters gathered in Washington, New York and other cities.
- What to Know About the Orange County Church Shooting May 16, 2022Congregants jumped in and subdued the attacker, believed to be an Asian man in his 60s.
- The Little Red Boxes Making a Mockery of Campaign Finance Laws May 16, 2022Democratic candidates are all-but scripting ads for super PACs and dark-money groups to do their bidding — in plain sight.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
- An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.
The Guardian, UK
- Rwanda president suggests UK extradite genocide suspects after asylum deal May 16, 2022Exclusive: Comments raise concerns UK will find it difficult to refuse requests from Kigali on sensitive issuesPaul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, has suggested the UK extradite suspects wanted in the east African country for alleged roles in the 1994 genocide, after a controversial deal with the Home Office to process asylum seekers there.Speaking less th […]
- Zimbabwe denies harbouring deceased Rwandan genocide fugitive May 15, 2022DNA shows body exhumed in the country was Protais Mpiranya, Rwanda’s most wanted fugitiveZimbabwe has denied harbouring the Rwandan genocide fugitive Protais Mpiranya after it emerged that he died in 2006 and was buried in the country after living there for four years.The 20-year manhunt for one of the world’s most brutal killers came to a decisive end in an […]
- Secret British ‘black propaganda’ campaign targeted cold war enemies May 14, 2022Britain stirred up tensions, chaos and violence in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, according to declassified papersThe British government ran a secret “black propaganda” campaign for decades, targeting Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia with leaflets and reports from fake sources aimed at destabilising cold war enemies by encouraging racial tensions […]
- Protests in Nigeria after arrests for ‘blasphemy’ killing of female student May 14, 2022Demonstrators demand release of two students held after murder of Christian woman in SokotoHundreds of people in Nigeria’s north-western city of Sokoto demonstrated on Saturday over the arrest of two students after the murder of a Christian student accused of blasphemy, residents said.Africa’s most populous country is roughly divided between Muslims and Chri […]
- Fifty people to be sent to Rwanda in a fortnight, says Boris Johnson May 14, 2022PM says he will ‘dig in for the fight’ with ‘leftie lawyers’ challenging government’s plan for refugeesBoris Johnson said 50 people have been told they will be sent to Rwanda within the next fortnight, and that he was ready to fight with “leftie lawyers” seeking to challenge the government’s plans for refugees.Under the £120m scheme announced last month, peo […]
- South Africa’s April floods made twice as likely by climate crisis, scientists say May 13, 2022Brutal heatwave in India and Pakistan also certain to have been exacerbated by global heating, scientists sayThe massive and deadly floods that struck South Africa in April were made twice as likely and more intense by global heating, scientists have calculated. The research demonstrates that the climate emergency is resulting in devastation.Catastrophic flo […]
- Rejection of Arctic mine expansion bid offers hope for narwhal population May 16, 2022Conservationists and Inuit community relieved at decision on Canadian iron mine that threatened ‘extirpation’ of cetaceanThe expansion of an iron ore mine in the Arctic that would have increased shipping and led to the “complete extirpation of narwhal” from the region has been blocked.After four years of consultations and deliberations, the Nunavut Impact Re […]
- Chile’s constitutional assembly rejects plans to nationalise parts of mining sector May 15, 2022The proposal would have seen lithium and rare metal resources taken into state hands as part of the country’s wide-ranging political shakeup A constitutional assembly in Chile has rejected plans to nationalise parts of the crucial mining industry in a blow to progressive hopes of overhauling the neoliberal Pinochet-era political settlement.The proposal, know […]
The BBC
- Buffalo shooting: Gunman deliberately sought black victims - mayor May 16, 2022Questions are being asked about how the suspect carried out the attack when he was known to authorities.
- Buffalo shooting: Joe Biden says US must address hate May 15, 2022The US president says he and his wife are praying for the victims of a racially motivated shooting.
- Ukraine: The children's camp that became an execution ground May 15, 2022The BBC's Sarah Rainsford investigates the killing of civilians in a summer camp in Bucha, Ukraine.
- Full lunar eclipse creates rare super blood Moon May 16, 2022Its hue was created by sunlight being projected through the Earth's atmosphere onto the Moon.
- North Korea: More than a million Covid cases feared May 16, 2022The military has been ordered to intervene as a wave of Covid cases sweeps the unvaccinated country.
- McDonald's to leave Russia for good after 30 years May 16, 2022The chain opened in Moscow in 1990 as the Soviet Union was opening its economy to Western brands.
- Afghan resistance attack Taliban, sparking reprisals in Panjshir May 16, 2022The attack reportedly killed a number of Taliban fighters in a resistance stronghold in the north.
- Somalia's new president elected by 327 people May 15, 2022Former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud defeats the incumbent in a vote limited to MPs.
This Black Sista's Memorial Page 