Source: Drew Anthony / facebook In May 1916, in Waco, Texas, 17-year-old Jesse Washington was convicted of murder and rape during a one-hour trial in which his feckless attorney offered no defense. The courtroom had already done its work and named him guilty after deliberating for only four minutes. But Washington’s conviction and death sentence […]
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The Biden presidency illustrated both the decline of the old Black politics and the struggles of the M4BL version. Biden overwhelmingly won the older Black vote during the Democratic primary, in part because the pastors and politicians of the Black Old Guard embraced him. He maintained close relationships with longtime Black officials like Representative James […]
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Source: ROBERTO SCHMIDT / Getty If Target thought its problems and the 13-month boycott were over, it was sadly mistaken. Sorry to that man, Target CEO Michael Fiddelke and his shareholders, but y’all ain’t out of the woods yet. As I wrote last summer, economic boycotts have a long history of bringing power to account. […]
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