BY MICHAEL CASEY April 23, 2024 (APNews.com) BOSTON (AP) — William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist and supporter of the Black Power movement who worked with Malcolm X and other prominent leaders in the 1960s, has died. He was 87. Strickland, whose death April 10 was confirmed by a relative, first became active in… Continue reading
Adam Rawnsley and Asawin Suebsaeng/Rolling Stone Donald Trump at his hush-money trial in New York City Criminal Court on April 18. (photo: Brendan McDermid/AFP) 26 april 24 (RSN.org) Trump’s lawyers don’t expect the Supreme Court to bless his absurd immunity claims. “We already pulled off the heist,” says a source… Continue reading
New city report shows how taxing the rich to help low-income renters is highly effective. By TIM REDMOND APRIL 25, 2024 (48hiulls.org) The rental assistance program that the Board of Supes pushed for during the early days of the pandemic saved as many as 20,000 people from eviction and possibly… Continue reading
Mayor’s Office, developers now have to figure out how to move forward with a deeply troubled project By STEVE STALLONE APRIL 25, 2024 (48hills.org) Reason and rationality prevailed at the Board of Supes meeting Tuesday, when the seriously flawed proposal to bailout the Treasure Island developers hit the floor. The “alternative financing”… Continue reading
by XUEER LU APRIL 25, 2024, 12:00 PM (MissionLocal.org) Welcome back to the “Meet the Candidates” series for District 11, where we ask each candidate to answer one question per week leading up to the election, with answers in about 100 words. District 11 Supervisor Ahsha Safaí is termed out and… Continue reading
by JUNYAO YANG APRIL 26, 2024 (MissionLocal.org) Welcome back to our “Meet the Candidates” series, where District 1 supervisorial candidates who have filed to run respond to a question in 100 words or fewer. Answers are published each week, but we are also archiving each answer on this page for District 1, to make it… Continue reading
Andrew Feinberg/The Independent ‘This is reminiscent of what happened in German universities in the 1930s. It’s unconscionable. It has to be stopped.’ (photo: AP) 26 april 24 (RSN.org) Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is pushing back after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused US college students protesting against the war in… Continue reading
James Henry Hammond via sciway.net (PBS.org) James Henry Hammond was a senator and wealthy plantation owner from South Carolina. This excerpt is from a speech he made to the Senate on March 4, 1858, in which he lays out his famous “mudsill theory” and states, “In all societies that must… Continue reading
SUPPORT US NYPD officers detain a person as Palestine solidarity protesters gather outside of Columbia University in New York City on April 18, 2024. Photo: Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images The blanket suspension of student protesters casts “serious doubt on the University’s respect for the rule-of-law values that we teach,” 54… Continue reading
