âIn terms of the front pages of major newspapers in this country, police brutality has not been covered to the degree it was in the aftermath of the killing of Michael Brown and Eric Garner and others,â said Larry Hamm, chairman of the Peopleâs Organization for Progress (POP), in Newark, New Jersey. POP, which was founded 37 years ago, last week held its 70th weekly protest against police brutality. âWe have to keep demonstrating, we have to keep fighting, in order to keep public attention on the issue,â said Hamm.
This weekâs featured scholar is Matthieu Chapman. Dr. Chapman is Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz. His essay is ââAway, You Ethiop!â: AâŚ
Through the fire of fighting Amazon WorkersâŚ
Police in the United States kill an average of three people every day and one of those persons will be Black. Patrick Lyoya was one recent victim of a police execution.
Germany and other EU member states granted immediate temporary protection status to citizens of Ukraine, but Black refugees who also fled the war are experiencing unequal treatment.
The Pentagon led political and military alliance continues to serve as major impediment to peace, liberation and a just world system.
