By Ishaan Tharoor Article Reprint In mid-April, a platoon of Chinese soldiers trooped some 20 km into territory considered India’s and pitched tents and unfurled banners. When detected by Indian forces, the Chinese refused to
Read moreCategory: Politics
Articles focusing on politics
DNA Info: CTU Plans Protest Against CPS Closings With ‘Long March’
by Ted Cox Article Reprint CHICAGO — Teachers are joining other unions and grassroots groups in planning a “long march” to protest Chicago Public Schools closings. The Chicago Teachers Union posted a notice Friday saying
Read moreI’m with the March! Stop Racist Rahm
Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Black people have been isolated and separated since our ancestors were brought here. There has been slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, the construction of project housing complexes and now this. The closing
Read moreDrug arrests drop in Chicago but still snare thousands in black neighborhoods
Mick Dumke Article Reprint It’s not exactly the same old war on drugs. As law enforcement officials focus their efforts on violent, big-time drug operations, Chicago police made fewer street-level drug arrests in 2012 than
Read moreParents of Kimani Gray to File Wrongful-Death Suit
The 16-year-old boy was shot and killed by police in Brooklyn two months ago By #teamEBONY Article Reprint A 16-year-old boy shot by police in Brooklyn two months ago lay mortally wounded on the ground
Read moreMr. President,Stop Throwing Black People Under the Bus
[OPINION] Dr. Brittney Cooper responds to the president’s remarks about fatherhood and gun violence By Brittney Cooper, Ph.D. Article Reprint Almost as soon as he began to talk, I found myself deeply incensed at President
Read moreU.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Police Use of Drug-Sniffing Dogs to Carry Out Warrantless Searches During Traffic Stops
www.rutherford.org Article Reprint WASHINGTON, DC — In a 9-0 decision in Florida v. Harris, the U.S. Supreme Court has declared that police may use drug-sniffing dogs to carry out warrantless searches during routine traffic stops.
Read moreBlack Labor Too Uppity for the Fields: Guest Workers Needed
Glen Ford Article Reprint By his silence, President Obama is giving the wink and nod to guest worker programs under immigration reform, further institutionalizing the displacement of African Americans from farm work. “The farm owners,
Read more