Tag: Jim Crow
From Jim Crow Kentucky to Red Square – RAI with Stephen Cohen (4/5)
Prof. Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus of politics at Princeton University and of Russian studies and history at New York University, his recent book is titled ‘War with Russia? From Putin and Ukraine to Trump and…
Where Do the Politics of Reparations Go From Here?
This week, the first congressional hearing on reparations in nearly 12 years was held on Capitol Hill. As the discussion on reparations matures, what needs to happen politically for the effort to move forward? Subscribe…
Congressional Hearing on Slavery Reparations Draws Huge Crowd
Large and passionate crowds gathered to witness historians, economists, academics, and politicians testify for the first time in nearly a dozen years on H.R. 40, the landmark House bill to convene a commission to study…
Racial Inequality Is Rooted in Denial of Home and Land Ownership
The racial wealth gap in the US is directly linked to the ways in which Blacks were prevented from home and property ownership, while the government gave whites many opportunities for such ownership. We discuss…
Lessons From Super Tuesday: Stop Ignoring Black Voters of Faith!
Super Tuesday stunned progressives, but sustained grassroots organizing in Southern Black communities might have produced better results. Progressive outreach has made the mistakes of avoiding people of faith and ignoring race for years. Producer: Jacqueline…
COVID-19 Exposes The Generational Injustices That Demand Reparations
Generations of racism created the conditions that made African Americans more susceptible to COVID-19, and reparations are the way to address that injustice. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer:…
My life in the Civil Rights Movement | The Marc Steiner Show
TRNN show host Marc Steiner’s Rise of the Right series has followed the ascendance of far-right political forces domestically and internationally. In a special episode of The Marc Steiner Show, TRNN Editor-in-Chief takes the mic…
Harriet Tubman and the battle for America’s symbols w/Clarence Lusane | The Chris Hedges Report
The debate over America’s symbols and monuments has sharpened with the growing mass movement for racial justice in the past decade. The lionization of slave-owners and genocidaires has been pointed out by many as in…
Who was George Jackson? America’s prophetic revolutionary | Rattling the Bars
At the age of 18, George Jackson was condemned to a prison sentence of one year to life for the alleged robbery of $70 from a Los Angeles gas station. Jackson spent the remainder of…
