Racism

'The Whole Damn System Is Guilty as Hell': Protests Erupt After No Officers Charged for Killing Breonna Taylor

'This is My Country': Rep. Ilhan Omar Rebukes and Ridicules Trump After Latest Racist Attack

Lisa Newcomb, staff writer

"I fled civil war when I was eight," said the Minnesota Democrat. "An eight-year-old doesn't run a country even though you run our country like one."

Trump Blasted for 'McCarthy-Like' Call for 'Patriotic Education' and Attack on Howard Zinn, 1619 Project

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

President Donald Trump speaking under a mural of America's founding fathers—many of whom owned slaves and pursued genocidal policies against Native Americans—on September 17, 2020. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

Zinn, the renowned historian and author of A People's History of the United...

'Tyrannical and Un-American': ACLU Rebukes Barr for Urging Sedition Charges Against Protesters

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Attorney General Bill Barr is calling on prosecutors to bring more federal charges against protesters, including for sedition. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

"Treating protest as a form of sedition won't hold up in court," said the ACLU...

As NFL Players Offer Show of Unity, Booing by Fans Shows Objections to Protests 'Was Always About Perpetuating White Supremacy'

'Autocrats Deliver?' US Joins Brazil and Hungary as Only Countries Where Quality of Life Is Getting Worse, Social Progress Index Finds

'Hurts to Breathe... to Sleep... to Move... to Eat': In First Public Remarks Since Being Shot, Jacob Blake Describes Constant Pain

Moving to End Diversity Trainings, Trump WH Memo Says 'No Place' for 'Critical Race Theory' in US Government

'Unjust, Inhumane, and Avoidable': Horrifying Video of Police Killing of Daniel Prude Sparks Outrage

Not Lovin' It: Dozens of Black Former McDonald's Franchisees File $1 Billion Federal Discrimination Suit

'Photo-Op for White Nationalist President Isn't Helpful,' Says Wisconsin Dem as Trump Plans Kenosha Visit Despite Calls to Stay Away

Securing 'Real Change' for Voting Rights, NBA Players Strike Wins Use of Stadiums for Polling Stations, Other Reforms

'Get Your Knee Off Our Necks': On 57th Anniversary of Historic Civil Rights Rally, Tens of Thousands March on Washington

'Wild and Timely' Report Details Infiltration of Far-Right Militias and White Supremacist Groups in US Police Departments

'Strike Is Our Tactic. Solidarity Is Our Power': NBA, WNBA Players Ignite Work Stoppage to Protest Police Violence

Outrage Grows Over Police Treatment of Alleged Kenosha Killer Kyle Rittenhouse Compared to Shooting Victim Jacob Blake

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The Cruelty Is the Point

Sweet mother of God. Racist and cruel doesn't begin to cover it. This week, the sick demons in power just deported a Cuban man so ill doctors say he could die on the flight, stonewalled on deporting sick children who will likely die back in their countries, declined to allow desperate hurricane survivors to take refuge here, incarcerated a 12-year-old girl who flew to Florida - but got separated from her family - as an "alien" child, and now refuse to release her. If there's a hell...