Study Shows NYPD Stops More About Race Than Crime
An independent study of New York City’s massive stop-and-frisk policies shows police often lack even the pretense of legal justification for accosting pedestrians on the streets. The study reveals a “tremendous, disturbing, racialized pattern of illegal stops,” says Darius Charney, lead attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights’ suit against the NYPD. “Once the stop occurs,” says Charney, “Black and Latino individuals are treated much more harshly” than whites.
Juvenile Detention Rapes Not Staff’s Fault, Says Federal Panel
Despite findings that one out of eight inmates of the nation’s juvenile detention centers are sexually victimized each year, a federal panel claims the abuse is “rare” and absolves staff of most wrongdoing. “If one in eight public school students were sexually abused, nobody would call that rare,” says Linda McFarlane, of Just Detention International, an non-profit advocate for detainees’ rights.
Black On Black March on White House
In a little over a year of existence, the Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations has forged “a non-sectarian kind of unity” among diverse groups of Blacks on the left, says coalition chairman Omali Yeshitela. Black Is Back holds a rally and march on the White House, November 13.
Government Ineffective Against Causes of Haiti Cholera
Foreign NGOs deserve credit for the quick response to Haiti’s cholera outbreak, says journalist and community activist Roger LeDuc. Haiti’s present government and infrastructure are totally inadequate to the task.
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Bruce Dixon examines the “pimping” of Black bloggers, and Dr. Jared Ball reviews the new film “COINTELPRO 101.”
Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network is hosted by Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey. A new edition of the program airs every Monday at 4:00pm ET on PRN. Length: One hour.
The Fourth Pan-African Congress in New York in 1927 was the first held in the Americas, and the first organized by women.
Ann Garrison ends her reporting from the Horn of Africa with updates on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the conflict between Ethiopia and the TPLF.
Reading, writing, ‘rithmetic of rifles (for Uvalde and other schools…)
BAR Book Forum editor Roberto Sirvent and Julian Akil Rose discuss community organizing, Black Queer Feminism, the struggle for police and prison abolition, and an end to militarism.
"From May 26 to May 31, I was in Cali, Colombia serving as an election observer with an international delegation of mostly Black women. This is a preliminary report."
