Politics
‘Welcome home party’ for white supremacists—Trump picks Tulsa for comeback rally
June 12, 2020A Tulsa police officer said on Monday that, statistically, “we’re shooting African Americans about 24% less than we probably ought to be."
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Trump hails Confederate names, monuments, and military bases
June 11, 2020Plans first big pandemic MAGA rally for Tulsa, site of 1921 massacre of African Americans.
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#ShutDownSTEM: Scientists strike, halt research to focus on Black lives
June 11, 2020The STEM academic research community held a work-stoppage in response to the mass uprising following Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and the countless other police murders.
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Voter suppression in Georgia portends catastrophe for November
June 10, 2020In the Georgia primaries, voters in African-American areas waited in line for hours, forcing many to give up in yet another GOP move to rig results.
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‘Justice for George Floyd’ petition sets record: 17 million names
June 10, 2020There are petitions, and there are petitions…and then there’s the petition by started by a 15-year-old Portland, Ore., girl.
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