Has Kohl’s Corp. donated to Black Lives Matter? Short answer: no The National Center for Public Policy Research claims Kohl’s Corp. donated $1 million to Black Lives Matter since 2020 In 2020, the murder of George Floyd sparked social unrest that captured the country’s attention, and major corporations looked inward to see what they could do to improve racial disparities. 04/19/2024 - 6:17 am | View Link
Supreme Court’s Blow to Right to Protest is Another Attack on Black Political Power The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to intervene in a case involving a prominent Black Lives Matter advocate could have a chilling effect on people hoping to organize and demand racial justice. The high court on Monday virtually outlawed the right to mass ... 04/15/2024 - 9:58 am | View Link
8 facts about Black Lives Matter | Pew Research Center Its use peaked at over 1.2 million tweets per day after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd in May 2020. As we mark 10 years since the hashtag originated, here are eight facts about the Black Lives Matter movement. 04/20/2024 - 5:30 pm | View Website
Black Lives Matter A Black Lives Matter die-in over rail tracks, protesting alleged police brutality in Saint Paul, Minnesota (September 20, 2015) Black Lives Matter ( BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement [1] [2] that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people and to promote anti-racism. 04/20/2024 - 12:01 pm | View Website
Black Lives Matter founders: We fought to change history and we won 29 November 2020. 3:53. Black Lives Matter: The three women who founded a global movement. The year 2020 will be remembered for a lot of things - not least the rise of the Black Lives... 04/20/2024 - 7:50 am | View Website
Black Lives Matter | Definition, Movement, Goals, History, & Influence ... Black Lives Matter (BLM), international social movement, formed in the United States in 2013, dedicated to fighting racism and anti-Black violence, especially in the form of police brutality. The name Black Lives Matter signals condemnation of the unjust killings of Black people by police (Black people are far more likely to be killed by police ... 04/19/2024 - 11:22 pm | View Website
What is Black Lives Matter and what are the aims? Black Lives Matter is a phrase, and notably a hashtag, used to highlight racism, discrimination and inequality experienced by black people. 04/19/2024 - 9:13 pm | View Website
Donald Trump took another hit to the ego in the PA primary on Tuesday, as tens of thousands of Republicans voted for Nikki Haley instead. Via the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Sure, he won the primary in the my swing state with 82.5 percent of the vote, amounting to more than 788,000 votes.
But Nikki Haley still received 16.5 percent, with 156,950 votes.
Poor Don.
Madge Greene is now screeching that Democrats want Donald Trump to be “murdered in jail.” This was during an interview with whacko Alex Jones, natch. Via the Independent:
The right-wing lawmaker made the remarks during an interview with Infowars host Alex Jones, in which she suggested that the four criminal cases Mr Trump is facing - including an ongoing trial where he has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts relating to alleged hush money payments - are an intentional effort by his political rivals to imprison the former president until he dies.
She added that Democrats are also attempting to strip Mr Trump of his presidential Secret Service detail to accomplish their goal.
The Federal Trade Commission voted yesterday to adopt a historic and far-reaching ban on noncompete agreements, which are common now in almost all job markets. Thanks, Lina Khan! Via HuffPost:
The agency has said that the agreements, in which workers are forbidden from seeking a job with a competing business for a certain period of time, lead to an “unfair method of competition” and violate federal law.
Donald Trump’s ongoing New York criminal trial hinges on payments of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels. It’s not the hush money, per se, that is illegal, it’s the fact that Trump allegedly falsified business records to cover up the payment and avoid damage to his presidential campaign. Nevertheless, compulsive liar Trump denies he ever had an affair with Daniels.
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If you look closely, you'll notice that Zhanna Polupanova is wearing a sweatshirt with the English words "Follow Your Dreams." Apparently, hers includes a new roof for her modest house in the country, which with any luck will be repaired with what the Russians call "coffin money." Zhanna also rather cold-bloodedly says she does not feel sympathy for her sons going to war in Ukraine as they are meant to serve the Motherland.