This Week in White Supremacy #136: ‘Brace yourselves for the new levels of open misogynoir’

Bree Newsome Bass on Twitter: “Brace yourselves for the new levels of open misogynoir that will be unlocked if/when Biden names a BW as VP. Folks who’ve been doing their best to pretend they were ok with a Black family in the WH ‘08-‘16 won’t be able to hold it together. We’re already seeing itContinueContinue reading “This Week in White Supremacy #136: ‘Brace yourselves for the new levels of open misogynoir’”

Lieff Cabraser and EJS File Class Action Challenging IRS and Treasury Decision to Withhold CARES Act Economic Assistance Payments from Incarcerated People

On August 1, 2020, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP and Equal Justice Society (collectively, “Plaintiffs’ co-counsel”) filed a class action lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco, California, challenging the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Treasury (collectively “Treasury”)’s decision to withhold CARES Act economic assistance payments from incarcerated people nationwide.

This Week in White Supremacy #135: ‘Emmett Till was my George Floyd’ ~ Congressman John Lewis

John Lewis: Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation (The New York Times) Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble. Voting and participating in the democratic process are key. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent youContinueContinue reading “This Week in White Supremacy #135: ‘Emmett Till was my George Floyd’ ~ Congressman John Lewis”