Category: Law

  • “Race”: a Political Weapon Counterpunch: Tells the Facts and Names the Names 2014-12-03 Luciana Bohne, Professor Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania “The racial categories included in the census questionnaire generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country and not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically.” —US Census According to a…

  • Justice Alito’s Dissent in Loving v. Virginia Boston College Law Review Volume 55, Issue 5 (November 2014) pages 1563-1611 Christopher R. Leslie, Chancellor’s Professor of Law University of California, Irvine In 1967, in Loving v. Virginia, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down miscegenation statutes, which criminalized interracial marriage, as unconstitutional. In 2013, the Court…

  • Class, Race, or Ethnicity Apart? Changing Whiteness and Counting People of Mexican Descent U.S. History Scene 2013-10-09 Ester Terry University of Pittsburgh In June 2013, Sebastien de la Cruz sang the National Anthem for Games 3 and 4 of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals in San Antonio. In July 2013, Marc Anthony sang “God…

  • Female Slaves and the Law C-SPAN: Created by Cable Lectures in History 2014-10-21 Martha S. Jones, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Associate Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies University of Michigan Professor Martha Jones talked about the mid-19th century court case of Celia, a female slave who killed her master after repeated sexual assaults. Topics…

  • Mayor Bill De Blasio Speaks On Eric Garner, NYPD, And More On Ebro In The Morning [AUDIO] HOT 97, WQHT 97.1 FM New York, New York 2014-12-04 Ebro Darden, Co-Host Peter Rosenberg, Co-Host Laura Stylez, Co-Host It’s an emotional time in NYC and across the nation after a grand jury decided to not indict NYPD…

  • On White Supremacy and Why Body Cameras Are Not Enough One Drop of Love 2014-12-03 Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni I am so hopeful about the young people making their voices heard and committing their time and efforts to making real change around racism and police brutality (if you’re on Twitter, search #BlackLivesMatter to get to know…

  • In discussing Garner, de Blasio invokes Dante Capital New York New York, New York 2014-12-03 Sally Goldenberg, City Hall/Politics Reporter Mayor Bill de Blasio often invoked his bi-racial teenage son, Dante, during an emotional speech on Staten Island Wednesday night, hours after a grand jury there declined to indict an NYPD officer in the death…

  • Bill De Blasio Responds To Eric Garner Grand Jury Decision The Huffington Post 2014-12-03 Sam Levine, Associate Politics Editor New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said Wednesday that a grand jury’s decision not to indict a police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner was a decision “that many in our city…

  • Obama Plans Meetings on Ferguson Unrest at the White House The New York Times 2014-11-30 Julie Hirschfeld Davis, White House Reporter WASHINGTON — President Obama is planning a day of meetings at the White House on Monday to respond to the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., and racially tinged anger across the country after a grand…

  • Michael Brown and the deadly effects of colorism Newsworks: WHYY News The Philadelphia Experiment Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2014-10-30 Solomon Jones The outcry triggered by the killings of unarmed men by police officers — from Michael Brown’s shooting death in Ferguson, Mo., to the choking death of Eric Garner in Staten Island, NY — has largely focused…