The President of Peru, Dina Boluarte, assumed power last December during a political crisis. She was not elected, but rather appointed by the Peruvian Congress which had essentially driven the previous president, Pedro Castillo, from power. This was a grab for power,...
June 19th, known as Juneteenth, is the recognition of the last day of chattel slavery in the U.S. It was first celebrated by formerly enslaved people in Texas the year after Northern troops defeated pro-slavery forces there. This was two months after the end of the...
On Saturday, May 20, an 11-year-old Black boy became yet another victim of a police shooting. The shooting occurred in Indianola, Mississippi, after the boy, Aderrien Murry, called 911 to help out his mom. She was being threatened by an angry former boyfriend, and had...
The city of Baltimore has been experiencing a surge in youth-related violence and death. Just five months into the year, it has been the deadliest on record since 2015. So far there have been 39 shootings involving youths with 11 dead so far. This year marks another...
“This… is the most pervasive racial hatred case I’ve ever been involved in…This conduct itself was so horrible that it was more than just locker room talk, it was a state of mind.” That’s how civil rights attorney John Burris referred to the city of...
