I’m a Former FBI Agent Who Studies Policing, and Here’s How Federal Agents in Minneapolis are Undermining Basic Law Enforcement Principles
The Trump administration says federal agents have “absolute immunity” from prosecution in Minneapolis.
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Nurse Martha Abraham, Challenger, Holds 25% Cash-on-Hand Advantage Over Failed Incumbent Foster
Martha Abraham, candidate for San Diego City Council District 4, today…
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As Officials Disparage Pretti and Good, Families of Black People Killed by Police Have Déjà Vu
The shooting deaths of white protesters Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal officers in Minneapolis followed a playbook that is painfully familiar to…
Alabama Prison Documentary ‘The Alabama Solution’ Earns Oscar Nomination
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — “If they come down here to Birmingham and they want to be a police officer, the…
Porter, Good Aren’t the First ICE Shooting Victims
Trump, ICE and Homeland Security officials had the same stock answer to why there was more gunplay and use of…
COMMENTARY: The Politics of Trump’s Continuing Disdain for MLK Day
Although this was the 40th anniversary of the MLK Day celebrations, Trump waited until the end of the day,…
San Diego’s African Diaspora
A Salute to Our African Nations: Libya
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: This article continues our salute to the independence anniversary of African nations. This acknowledges our…
A Salute to Our African Nations: Mauritania
Mauritania gained its independence from France in 1960 after decades of colonial rule that began in the early 1900s.
It’s Official! The First African House of Somalia Established at Balboa Park
By Tihut Tamrat, Contributing Writer History has officially been made at Balboa Park: the House of Somalia has become the first African house to be…
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Commentary: The Biases We Don’t See — Preventing AI-Driven Inequality in Health Care
Technology is often sold to us as neutral, objective, and free of human flaws. We are told that computers remove…
After Don Lemon’s Arrest, Black Officials Raise Concerns About Independent Black Media
The implications of Fort’s and Lemon’s arrests have drawn responses from leaders of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) who…
Three Journalists-Turned-Legislators Weigh in on CalMatters “Real-or-Fake-Handbag” Controversy
Three California lawmakers, all trained and experienced journalists, weighed in on a political and media controversy sparked after a CalMatters…
The Conversation
Racism Never Went Away – it Simply Changed Shape
By Lars Cornelissen Prime Minister Keir Starmer thinks that racism is returning to British society. He has accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of sowing “toxic…
White Nationalism Fuels Tolerance for Political Violence Nationwide
Political violence among rival partisans has been a deadly and destabilizing force throughout history and across the globe.