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Jon Stewart of The Daily Show and Larry Wilmore of The Nightly Show Weigh in on the News Media and the Situation in Baltimore
Posted by Elaine Magliaro The Daily Show – Baltimore on Fire The Nightly Show – What a Riot – Questionable Coverage from CNN and Fox News
Posted in Humor, Law Enforcement, Media, Police, Racism, Short Video, Society, Television, United States
Tagged Jon Stewart, Larry Wilmore, News Media, The Daily Show, The Nightly Show
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“INCIDENT”: A Poem by Countee Cullen for the Last Day of National Poetry Month (VIDEO)
Posted by Elaine Magliaro The Poetry Foundation has said that poet Countee Cullen (1903-1946) “was perhaps the most representative voice of the Harlem Renaissance.” INCIDENT By Countee Cullen Once riding in old Baltimore, Heart-filled, head-filled with glee, I saw a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Poetry, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged Countee Cullen, National Poetry Month
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In the Case of Freddie Gray: Washington Post Report on Leaked Police Document Claiming That Gray Had Banged Against the Walls of the Police Van and Tried to Injure Himself Disputed
By Elaine Magliaro Peter Hermann of The Washington Post reported last night that–according to a police document that the paper had obtained–a prisoner who had shared the police transport vehicle with Freddie Gray told investigators that he could hear Gray … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, Equal Rights, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Police, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged Baltimore Police, Freddie Gray
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Walter Johnson Explains why Ferguson, Missouri—a City That Hosts a Fortune 500 Company—Relies on Municipal Fees and Fines to Extract Revenue from Its Poorest Residents
By Elaine Magliaro Walter Johnson has an interesting article about Ferguson, Missouri, over at The Atlantic. In it, he explains why—despite the fact that the city hosts a multinational Fortune 500 company—it “relied on municipal fees and fines to extract … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Civil Liberties, Democracy, Economics, Equal Rights, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Missouri, Political Science, Racism, Society, Sociology, United States
Tagged Enhanced Enterprise Zones, Ferguson (MO), Regressive Taxes, Restrictive Zoning, Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
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Bicycling While Black Can Land You in Trouble with Police in Tampa, Florida
By Elaine Magliaro Alexandra Zayas and Kameel Stanley reported recently that a Tampa Bay Times investigation had found that the Tampa police were “targeting poor, black neighborhoods with obscure subsections of a Florida statute that outlaws things most people have tried on … Continue reading
Posted in Equal Rights, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged Biking While Black, Broken Windows, Florida, police, Stop and Frisk, Tampa Police
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Police Officers and Officials of Small Missouri Town Resign after First Black Mayor Is Elected
By Elaine Magliaro The town of Parma, Missouri, recently elected its first black mayor. Tyrus Byrd, a woman who served as the town clerk years ago, was sworn in as mayor last Tuesday. Prior to her swearing in, five of Parma’s six … Continue reading
Posted in Law Enforcement, Missouri, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged Parma (MO), Tyrus Byrd
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Zaid Jilani: “How Religious ‘Liberty’ Has Been Used to Justify Racism, Sexism and Slavery Throughout History”
By Elaine Magliaro Zaid Jilani has an interesting article titled How Religious ‘Liberty’ Has Been Used to Justify Racism, Sexism and Slavery Throughout History over at AlterNet. Jilani says that religion has been used for hundreds of years to deny … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Democracy, Equal Rights, Government, History, Homosexual Rights, Justice, Louisiana, Political Science, Politics, Racism, Religion, Society, States, United States
Tagged Bigotry, Indiana, Jim Crow, Republicans, Sexism, Slavery
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San Francisco Police Officers To Be Dismissed for Sending Racist and Homophobic Text Messages
By Elaine Magliaro Timothy Williams (New York Times) reported on Friday that Greg Suhr, San Francisco’s police chief, said that “he had moved to dismiss seven officers who sent or received text messages that spoke of lynching African-Americans and burning crosses. … Continue reading
Posted in Equal Rights, Homosexual Rights, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged California, police, San Francisco Police
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Municipal Violations, Debtors’ Prisons, For-Profit Probation Companies…and a John Oliver Video
By Elaine Magliaro Two years ago, I wrote a column for Res Ipsa Loquitor on the subject of debtors’ prisons in the United States. In that posting, I told about a 2010 report published by the America Civil Liberties Union … Continue reading
Posted in Alabama, Civil Liberties, Countries, Courts, Democracy, Equal Rights, Government, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Prison, Racism, Short Video, Society, United States
Tagged ACLU, Debtors Prisons, For-Prfit Probation Companies, John Oliver, Last Wee, Municipal Violations, Ohio
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