On February 25, several hundred people in Baltimore gathered to celebrate the life of Marshall “Eddie” Conway, who died February 13 at age 76. Collective shouts of “All power to the people!” punctuated the event many times. It was a celebration not only of...
In January 2021, officials in Vallejo, California destroyed hundreds of pieces of evidence from at least six police shootings just as they were about to be made public. The evidence that was destroyed came from two of the city’s most violent years on record. In fact,...
A new investigation by the New York Times interviewed more than 100 immigrant children working “industrial, dangerous, adult jobs in all 50 states.” Some worked as roofers, others as late-night dish washers, packaging Cheerios, in hotel laundries, in auto part...
On November 17, 1969, the Alabama Journal quoted U.S. Justice Department attorneys who were investigating the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children: “[S]chool officials administer corporal punishment ‘freely and excessively to the juveniles confined there at...
In California: The Number of Infants who Die Before their First Birthday (2007 to 2016) Out of 100,000 white mothers: 173 infants born to the richest 10% . 350 infants born to the poorest 10%. Out of 100,000 Black mothers: 437 infants born to the richest 10%. 653...
