Stop and Frisk Gets Renewed Attention in Bloomberg Candidacy

REGINA GARCIA CANO and JENNIFER PELTZ / The Associated Press Feb 16, 2020 Many of those accosted by police during the tactic's surge in New York, 80% of whom were black or Latino, remain psychologically affected. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Frieze L.A., The Sequel: Revenge of the White Patriarchy

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Feb 14, 2020 Though diversity is a driving ethos of this year's event in Los Angeles, the art world is still deeply invested in sidelining people of color. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Bloomberg Once Blamed End of ‘Redlining’ for 2008 Collapse

BRIAN SLODYSKO / The Associated Press Feb 13, 2020 The Democratic presidential candidate attributes the financial crisis to discriminatory housing practice as opposed to predatory lending. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Michael Bloomberg’s Defense of Racist Policing Unearthed in Audio

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Feb 11, 2020 “The way you get the guns out of the kids’ hands is to throw them up against the walls and frisk them.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Judge Rejects Trump Moral-Objection Rule for Health Care

LARRY NEUMEISTER / The Associated Press Nov 6, 2019 The directive, not yet in effect. called for allowing clinicians to refuse participation in services like abortions based on their beliefs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Facebook Charged With Discrimination for Targeted Housing Ads

The Associated Press Mar 28, 2019 The U.S. housing agency says the platform lets advertisers exclude people based on gender, religion and immigration and parental status. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Facebook Settles Suits Over Ad-Targeting Discrimination

BARBARA ORTUTAY / The Associated Press Mar 19, 2019 The social network agrees to overhaul its practices to root out bias, allow oversight and pay fees in "historic" and "sweeping" agreement. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Gives Green Light to Trump’s Ban on Transgender Service Members

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Jan 22, 2019 "We will all keep fighting to take down this discriminatory ban," declares ACLU staff attorney Chase Strangio. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump Administration Considering Major Civil Rights Law Changes: Report 

Ilana Novick Jan 3, 2019 It would make discrimination cases a lot harder to prove. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Palestinian Poet Convicted of Incitement

Emily Wells / Truthdig May 3, 2018 Her arrest after she posted her work on social media was condemned by more than 150 high-profile writers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Campaign to Exterminate Muslims

Chris Hedges / Truthdig and Mr. Fish Apr 8, 2018 Israel’s slaughter of unarmed Gazans doesn’t bother most Americans because we have been indoctrinated into dehumanizing Muslims. We and others live in a world where murder and racism are state policy. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Why We Need Black Feminism More Than Ever Under Trump

Shannon Weber / AlterNet Feb 20, 2018 If progressives want to retake Congress in 2018, they will need to embrace the contributions of black feminism at the national level. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )