And, we are back! Between our 2018 Mind Science Conference and summer vacations, TWIWS took a brief hiatus. We had hoped the same would be the case for the racists but, of course, that did not happen.
We hope you will take some time for self-care and rejuvenation this summer – we have a lot of work ahead of us.
Onward.
- 91-year-old man beaten with a brick, told to ‘go back to Mexico’. CNN
- Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh could determine how the court rules on cases that shape the future of voting rights in the United States. And if his track record is any indication, many Americans could be disenfranchised as a result. Mother Jones
- AUDIO: A Texas pre-med student just revealed Trump’s ICE agents threatening refugees who need medical help. The Dworkin Report
- How Amazon has made money off racism and hate. HuffPost
- Woman calls police on Black man wearing socks in a community pool. Newsweek
- Pregnant women in immigration detention under the Trump administration say they have been denied medical care, shackled around the stomach, and abused. BuzzFeed
- A shocking video that is going on viral on social media shows a white police officer lift a 14-year-old Black teenager into the air before slamming him hard on the ground and placing him in handcuffs. His crime? Apparently, selling water outside the Philadelphia Zoo. Slate
- A man harasses a woman for wearing a Puerto Rico shirt, saying it’s ‘un-American’. CNN
- VIDEO: Woman launches into racist tirade on a NY bus. @nowthisnews
- America’s cruel history of separating children from their parents. Washington Post
- T-Mobile employees call cops on Black men shopping for phone. Blavity
- Grandparents went to visit their soldier son-in-law at an Army base on July 4 and were turned over to ICE. CNN
- “GOP congressional candidate Seth Grossman posted an approving link to a white-supremacist article arguing ‘blacks are different by almost any measure to all other people. They cannot reason as well. They cannot communicate as well. They cannot control their impulses as well.’” @chrislhayes
- Five years ago, the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the landmark Voting Rights Act. Since then, Alabama has enacted a slew of restrictive voting laws and policies. New York Times
- White Ohio family that called 911 on Black boy mowing lawn calls police on him again. Mic
- Fearing deportation, some immigrants opt out of health benefits for their kids. NPR
- Black man killed by Portland State police was Navy vet trying to break up fight. The Oregonian
- A Republican legislative candidate in North Carolina wrote on his website that God is a “racist white supremacist” and that Jewish people are satanic. The Hill
- Immigrant toddlers appear in court alone. NBC
- Some contractors housing migrant children are familiar to Trump’s inner circle. New York Times
- Donald Trump is not making white people more racist, he’s making them act more racist. The Root
- “There is a growing white ‘citizen patrol’ of Black people in all spaces, backed by a threat of law enforcement and deputized by an administration built on a toxic ideology of white supremacy. The abuse of public resources to perpetuate this racism must be penalized.” @JNelsonLDF
- VIDEO: New Poll: 49% believe Trump is racist. MSNBC
- Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged. AP News
- Before family separations, Trump quietly removed protections for migrant kids. Salon
- In America, naturalized citizens no longer have an assumption of permanence. The New Yorker
- U.S. Court: Detroit students have no right to access to literacy. Detroit Metro Times
- A white man was arrested after being caught on camera hurling racial slurs and other expletives in a racist rant directed at a Black man in Seattle. The Root
- White woman threatened to call cops on 8-year-old girl selling water. HuffPost
- S. government officials told four immigrant women that they must pay for DNA tests in order to be reunited with their children. Daily Beast
AND NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS
Pennsylvania State Police Adding Oversight to Troopers’ Interactions With ICE
Bank Restores Funds Stolen from Oldest Living Veteran’s Account
American Council on Education vows Trump rescinding diversity guidelines ‘does not change’ approach
Richmond renaming school after Obama, scrapping Confederate general’s name
Charleston Apologizes for City’s Role in Slave Trade
#BBQBecky Called the Cops on Kenzie Smith. Now He’s Running for Oakland City Council.
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