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Justice At Last For Recy Taylor? (w/Updates)

• March 21, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Domestic Terrorism, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Recy Taylor, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "At the Dark at the End of the Street", Abbeville Alabama, African American, African Americans, Alabama, Apology, Black Women, Blacks, Danielle McGuire, Grand Jury, Henry County, Jim Crow laws, Journal of American History, Lynching, Marriage, Montgomery Bus Boycott, PTSD, Racism, Rape, Recy Taylor, Rep. Dexter Grimsley, Robert Corbitt, Rosa Parks, The Civil Rights Movement, The Forties, The South, The Women's Movement, United States, White Supremacy

“This Is What Happens When YOU DON’T VOTE,” Wisconsin

• March 1, 2011 • 2 Comments

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Budget Cuts, Class, Discrimination, Education, Homelessness, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, Obama Administration, People of Color, The Economy, The Tea Party Movement, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: Anti-Civil Rights, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Labor, Barack Obama, Class Warfare, Education, Faux Noise, Fox News, GOP, Governor Scott Walker, Governor Walker, Immigrants, Jeff Foxworthy, Lower Middle Class, Madison WI, Mayor Tom Barrett, Michelle Obama, Middle-Class, Mississippi, People of Color, Public Sector Unions, Republican, Republicans, Russ Feingold, Scott Walker, Status Quo, The Koch Brothers, The Midwest, The Ministry of Propaganda, The South, The Tea Party, Tom Barrett, Union Busting, Unions, United States, Unreconstructed, Voting, Wisconsin

Black Bluegrass Music: The Carolina Chocolate Drops, “Genuine Negro Jig”

• December 5, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Education, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Love, Memoir, Music, Music Videos, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Women
Tags: "Bonnie and Clyde", "Cornbread and Butterbeans", "Foggy Mountain Breakdown", "Hit 'Em Up Style", "Tain't Nothin' to Me", "The Beverly Hillbillies", African Americans, Antagonism, Apollo Theater, Asleep at the Wheel, Autoharp, Black Banjo: Then and Now, Black Women, Blacks, Blu Cantrell, Bluegrass, Broadway Musical, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Country Music, CW, Dolly Parton, Dom Flemons, Fiddler, Flatt and Scruggs, Genuine Negro Jig, Gospel Choir, Guitars, Hammer Dulcimers, Hank Williams, Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!), Jefferson Airplane, Joe Thompson, Johnny Cash, Jugs, Justin Robinson, k.d. lang, KSOL, Lesbians, Lower Class, Music, Nasal Twang, Opera, Papa John Creach, Patsy Cline, People of Color, Poet, Queen Latifah, Racism, Rhiannon Giddens, Slide Guitars, Something Else, Southern Whites, Telluride CO, The Apollo Theater, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Coasters, The Eighties, The Seventies, The South, Tom Waits, Willie Nelson

So Whatever Happened to Ty’Sheoma Bethea and Her School in South Carolina?

• January 31, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Education, Health, Joblessness, Obama Administration, Race, Sick Building Syndrome/Dilapidated Buildings, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Stimulus Bill, Ty'Sheoma Bethea, Women
Tags: Atlanta GA, Charles "Bud" Ferillo, Department of Agriculture, Dillon County, Dillon S.C., Governor Mark Sanford, J.V. Martin Middle School, Mayor Todd Davis, Superintendent Ray Rogers, The Corridor of Shame, The South, Ty'Sheoma Bethea

At Last Night’s Vigil for Shaniya Davis

• November 17, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Respect", Biracial, Biracials, Bradley Lockhart, Daughter, Daughters, Family, Grief, Honorary Brother, Nancy Grace, Paying Respects, Shaniya Davis, Shaniya Nicole Davis, Sorrow, The Associated Press, The South, Vigil, White Brother, White People

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Days After a Funeral in a Georgia Town, Coronavirus ‘Hit Like a Bomb’ March 31, 2020
A mourner came to Albany, Ga., to attend the funeral of a retired janitor. After a pause while the infections incubated, the virus swept through the community.
‘Jails Are Petri Dishes’: Inmates Freed as the Virus Spreads Behind Bars March 30, 2020
Some jails are releasing people to stem outbreaks, but critics say it is not happening quickly enough to save lives and resources.
Florida Pastor Arrested After Defying Virus Orders March 31, 2020
The sheriff of Hillsborough County said the Rev. Rodney Howard-Browne, a Pentecostal pastor, endangered the lives of his parishioners by holding services on Sunday.
Coronavirus Sweeps Through Detroit, a City That Has Seen Crisis Before March 30, 2020
Cases of the virus were being reported around the city and in the Police Department. “Every day I drive home, I start crying,” a nurse said.
Creatures in This Underwater Forest Could Save Your Life One Day March 31, 2020
Before this 60,000-year-old submerged forest disappears, scientists recently raced to search for shipworms and other sea life that might conceal medicine of the future.
Coronavirus Live Updates: Most Americans Now Under Orders to Stay Home March 31, 2020
Leaders around the world are using the pandemic as pretext for seizing virtually dictatorial authority. In the U.S., President Trump said the states had plenty of testing kits, but governors disagreed.
Stock Markets in Asia Signal Investor Caution: Live Updates March 31, 2020
Live updates on stock market and business news during the coronavirus outbreak.
Grand Jury Records in 1946 Lynching Case Must Remain Sealed, Court Rules March 31, 2020
No one was ever charged in the killing of two black couples by a group of white men in rural Georgia, known as the Moore’s Ford lynchings.

The Guardian, UK

Report reveals ‘massive plastic pollution footprint’ of drinks firms March 30, 2020
Report says plastic from Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé and Unilever products could cover 83 football pitches every dayFour global drinks giants are responsible for more than half a million tonnes of plastic pollution in six developing countries each year, enough to cover 83 football pitches every day, according to a report.The NGO Tearfund has calculated the gr […]
North Korea reacts to Pompeo 'insult' with threat to cut off talks March 31, 2020
Kim Jong-un’s regime says ‘we will walk our own way’ but US secretary of state still hopes for dialogueNorth Korea has warned it could cut off dialogue with the United States but Mike Pompeo has said the US still looked forward to talks, even after the North called his insistence on sanctions “ludicrous”.The US secretary of state has asked nations to “stay c […]
Extend Brexit transition by years over coronavirus, UK told March 30, 2020
European People’s party says it hopes ‘common sense will prevail over ideology’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe largest group in the European parliament has urged the UK government to do the “responsible thing” and extend the Brexit transition period, as coronavirus plays havoc with the timetable for an EU-UK deal.The centre-ri […]
Van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum March 30, 2020
Thieves have stolen the £5m Parsonage Garden at Neunen in Spring by the famous artist from the Singer Laren museumA painting by Vincent van Gogh with an estimated value of up to £5m has been stolen from a Dutch museum currently closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.The thieves took Van Gogh’s Parsonage Garden at Neunen in Spring after smashing through the f […]
New blood test can detect 50 types of cancer March 30, 2020
System uses machine learning to offer new way to screen for hard-to-detect cancersA new blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer has been revealed by researchers in the latest study to offer hope for early detection.The test is based on DNA that is shed by tumours and found circulating in the blood. More specifically, it focuses on chemical ch […]
Harry and Meghan to start new life with focus on family and charities March 30, 2020
Couple reveal plans as they prepare to officially cease working duties later this weekThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who begin their new life as non-working royals this week, have said they intend to spend the next few months concentrating on their family and privately supporting their charities.The couple, who have relocated to California, will cease to be […]
Trump says Republicans would ‘never’ be elected again if it was easier to vote March 30, 2020
President dismissed Democratic-led push for voter reforms amid coronavirus pandemic during Fox & Friends appearanceCoronavirus – live US updatesLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDonald Trump admitted on Monday that making it easier to vote in America would hurt the Republican party.The president made the comments as he dismissed a Democr […]
Former anti-Nazi Greek resistance fighter and MEP Manolis Glezos dies aged 97 March 30, 2020
Former prime minister Alexis Tspiras said Glezos was a ‘symbol of a fighter’In the pantheon of Greek politicians feted as much for fortitude as tenacity, few have stood out more than Manolis Glezos.Tributes poured in Monday as word spread that the indefatigable Greek leftist, who as a teenager tore down the Nazi swastika flag from the Acropolis and more than […]

The BBC

Coronavirus: American Airlines to seek $12bn in state aid March 31, 2020
The US carrier says it will ask for government help to survive during the coronavirus downturn.
Coronavirus: Anger as migrants sprayed with disinfectant in India March 31, 2020
Footage shared thousands of times shows a group of workers in India being sprayed with chemicals.
Thomas Becket: Alpine ice sheds light on medieval murder March 31, 2020
Ancient air pollution, trapped in ice, reveals details about life and death in 12th Century Britain.
Coronavirus: US death rates v China, Italy and South Korea March 31, 2020
The US sees its cases spike dramatically in recent days and these graphs show what could be in store.
Chinese forest fire: Firefighters and guide killed in Sichuan blaze March 31, 2020
The group tackling a massive blaze in Sichuan were trapped by a sudden change in wind direction.
Coronavirus: Trump says US in good shape to meet 'peak' March 31, 2020
The US president says he believes hospitals will have ventilators to cope amid governors' complaints.
Coronavirus: Has the virus brought borders back to Europe? March 30, 2020
The BBC’s Gavin Lee took a road trip in Europe's Schengen area to see how free movement has changed.
Houseparty offers $1m reward for proof of sabotage March 31, 2020
The company says claims it exposed users data were part of a commercial smear campaign.