Bill Ong Hing, Salon: President Trump has taken advantage of the COVID-19 crisis to finally achieve his goal of foreclosing asylum for migrants fleeing violence in Central America and Mexico." https://bit.ly/2z7URkN THE GOOD NEWS FIRST: Court Orders Every Effort Be Made to Promptly and Safely Release Immigrant Children - National Center for Youth Law https://bit.ly/2XOcmkaSen. … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy #120: ‘Trump has effectively abolished asylum thanks to COVID-19’
On Tyranny: Defend Institutions
Dear EJS Supporters, Several weeks ago before we were all sheltering in place, EJS received a $5,000 gift from Tom Given, my friend from my days at Northwestern. He once lent me his Pontiac Trans Am to drive with my friend Jim Fiddler AKA Weasel Piss to Wisconsin to go sky diving but that is another story … Continue reading On Tyranny: Defend Institutions
Voter Empowerment and Education Newsletter
After hosting our Voter Protection and Mobilization Summit at the beginning of this month, EJS is proud to continue the conversation with a curated bi-monthly newsletter. Here's the election and voter protection news that has been front and center for us: WI 2020 Primary Election | NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund https://bit.ly/3emTazZWertheimer's Political Report: … Continue reading Voter Empowerment and Education Newsletter
Fighting Voter Suppression: Video from Our Voter Mobilization & Protection Summit
https://www.facebook.com/5925914623/videos/217047406026679/ The Equal Justice Society would like to express our appreciation to the co-sponsors, presenters, and participants who made last Saturday's Voter Mobilization & Protection Summit possible! We had nearly 800 unique viewers of the summit, which was held online and livestreamed on Facebook. Watch the video above. It's also available on https://votersummit.org. Thank you to … Continue reading Fighting Voter Suppression: Video from Our Voter Mobilization & Protection Summit
This Week in White Supremacy #119: California’s health directors say they have zero data on POC who are infected with or dying from COVID-19
Colorlines - Black and Brown people in large cities are being hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis—WBEZ in Chicago confirmed that as of March 4, 70 percent of Cook County’s deaths were Black; in cities like New Orleans, Detroit and Milwaukee, Black people are dying at astronomical rates—and Los Angeles’ public health director Barbara Ferrer … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy #119: California’s health directors say they have zero data on POC who are infected with or dying from COVID-19
This Week in White Supremacy, Week #118: White supremacists discussed using coronavirus as a bioweapon
Yahoo News - White supremacists discussed plans to weaponize coronavirus via “saliva,” a “spray bottle” or “laced items,” according to a weekly intelligence brief distributed by a federal law enforcement division on Feb. 17. https://yhoo.it/2ygLYVL THE GOOD NEWS FIRST: Janai Nelson on Twitter: "Today, March 20, 2020, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund turns 80 years … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy, Week #118: White supremacists discussed using coronavirus as a bioweapon
At Long Last – The Remembering 1619 Video is Released
On August 20th, 2019, in the pre-Covid-19 world, many of us saw an amazing and transformative performance created by Faye Carol, Joanna Haigood, Marcus Shelby, Cheo Tyehimba-Taylor, David Goldberg, Kim Euell, Steven Anthony Jones, and Joe Warner. The performance took us from Mother Africa in the 1600s to the present day. In the intervening seven … Continue reading At Long Last – The Remembering 1619 Video is Released
Supreme Court Creates Higher Standard for Racial Discrimination Claims
This week the U.S. Supreme Court voted unanimously to require a higher standard of proof for bringing racial discrimination claims under United States Code Section 1981. In Comcast v. National Association of African American-Owned Media News, a Black-Owned Media Company founded by Byron Allen sued Comcast for placing burdens on them during the contract formation … Continue reading Supreme Court Creates Higher Standard for Racial Discrimination Claims