By Esther Claudette Gittens In 2023, the FBI’s hate crime statistics report painted a sobering picture of the persistence of bias-motivated crimes across the United States. The report, compiled from 16,009 law enforcement agencies covering 95.2% of the U.S. population, documented 11,862 incidents involving 13,829 offenses. These crimes targeted individuals based on race, ethnicity, ancestry, […]
By Esther Claudette Gittens | Editorial Credits: Nelson Antoine / Shutterstock.com Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and one of the most influential figures in technology and philanthropy, has been a subject of public fascination for decades. Through his vast wealth, Gates has played a significant role in shaping global conversations around technology, health, and education. […]
WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement about the White House Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence (AI): “Artificial Intelligence is here and developing at gale force speed compared to the glacial pace of government oversight. AI has promise for improving lives and society, […]
Listen to a special podcast Friends, Watching that white former marine choking the life out of Jordan Neely made my blood boil. Hearing that the pigs hadn’t arrested the murderer made it even worse. If you’re in NYC, join me on Wed, May 10, at 7PM to get into the burning questions this outrage poses. […]
BY JOSE MARTINEZ AND KATIE HONAN Two days after one subway rider killed another using a deadly chokehold, dozens of people gathered on a crowded Manhattan subway platform to demand justice and for more social services for people in need. The identity of the man who fatally strangled Jordan Neely, 30, is still unknown, as […]
Listen to a special podcast Article: By Samantha Max, Gothamist.com Police found a weapon in about one out of six pedestrian stops last year and found a firearm in about one out of 13 stops, a Gothamist analysis of NYPD data shows. The majority of stops resulted in no arrest or summons. This as […]
New York City has agreed to pay more than $20,000 each to hundreds of individuals who were trapped by police and attacked with batons and pepper spray during a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx. According to documents filed in federal court on Tuesday evening, the city and the NYPD reached a […]
By Liz Vinson, SPL Center After being deported, Kelvin Silva said he sometimes finds himself lying on the floor of his apartment, crying. He’s lonely – and alone. He’s scared, knowing that he’s fighting an uphill battle to gain U.S. citizenship and return home to North Carolina. Silva – who identifies as Black and Latino […]
Manhattan, New York/united States – May 11 2020: Protest Against Police Brutality, Violence and Racism. (Shutterstock) By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Kerwin Webb said he knows the terror that young Black men experience when being pulled over by police. Webb said tensions are often high and adrenaline is rushing because in too many cases, Black […]
By Sid Hill, The Nation As Tadodaho of the Onondaga Nation, joy is not a word I have often used in discussing our government-to-government dealings with the United States and New York State, with whom we have had a contentious, sometimes violent, relationship since the first Europeans arrived on our land more than 400 years […]