From CNN Money: In a detailed proposal released Monday, a consortium of more than 50 civil rights groups laid out an ambitious plan to improve the financial lives of black Americans with a heavy emphasis on reparations, investing in black communities and economic justice. “The issues dealing with race and racism and racial inequality in […]
A great take from Nicole Russell at The Federalist on the violence from the activists of Black Lives Matter: The events in Dallas have set off a firestorm of protests, demonstrating just how livid and unruly the movement has become. Instead of protesting peacefully nationwide and despite condemning the Dallas shooting, BLM is doubling down in […]
The Open Society, a Soros-funded group, gave $650,000 to Black Lives Matter. Wonder what it was all for…
The answer is probably, yes, CNN, Black Lives Matter did blow their moment in the sun. What does Black Lives Matter want? Not sure? How about this. Can you cite a moment in which a BLM leader passionately and eloquently denounced the recent shooting deaths of eight police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge? Can […]
This from our friends at Accuracy in Academia’s Faculty Lounge blog: Activist Mckesson is now a politics fellow at the University of Chicago. Talk about a nice gig for an activist: The perpetual blue vest-wearing activist will “lead a seminar series focused on social justice, social media, and organizing [which] are part of a larger […]
So much for being a movement of the poor or middle-class American: For all its talk of being a street uprising, Black Lives Matter is increasingly awash in cash, raking in pledges of more than $100 million from liberal foundations and others eager to contribute to what has become the grant-making cause du jour. The […]
From Accuracy in Academia’s Faculty Lounge blogs: University of Houston punished a student for a social media post that included the words, ‘All Lives Matter’, in response to the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement. Rohini Sethi, student body president at the school, not only had to issue a statement, but be suspended for 50 days and […]
USA Today, instead of focusing on how the Cajun Navy has rescued their own in the historical flooding in the city of Baton Rouge, focused on how residents are scared of their own police officers who are going out to rescue them and help maintain order in a disaster area: A grueling summer for Baton Rouge that […]
From the Washington Times: Black Lives Matter is coming under fire for its lackluster response to the catastrophic Louisiana flooding less than a month after mobilizing crowds to protest the shooting of a black man in Baton Rouge. In an online video going viral, Baton Rouge resident Jerry L. Washington asks, “Where are the Black […]
Very interesting case looming over a Baltimore police union official’s remarks on Black Lives Matter activists and whether he can retain his job: The Baltimore Police union leader suspended this week for calling Black Lives Matter activists “thugs” in a department-wide email faces possible dismissal. But almost nobody cares that this kind of retaliation is possibly […]