Lynching and Antilynching: Art and Politics in the 1930s

M. Lee Stone M. Lee Stone Fine Prints
Art dealer, M.Lee Stone has put together an incredible exhibit of 1930's prints that deal with the reality of lynchings of African Americans. "The lynchings of the past are still with us today only in a different form. Black communities across the country are the scenes of mass incarcerations and the disproportionate sentencing of people of color as well the indiscriminate shooting by the police of black persons that we see and hear about too frequently.

UN Chief’s Plane Crash 'May Have Been Caused by Aircraft Attack'

Julian Borger The Guardian
A UN report on the death of Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld in a 1961 plane crash has found a “significant amount of evidence” it was caused by another aircraft, renewing questions of Western involvement. Hammarskjold led a UN peacekeeping force at the request of the newly liberated Congo, which, after the CIA-backed assassination of its President Patrice Lumumba, faced the secession of its mineral rich Katanga province, backed by Belgian troops and mercenaries.

Friday Nite Videos | September 29, 2017

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San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz Speaks Reality. Waist Deep in the Big Muddy | Pete Seeger. Taxes, Health Care, and Private Jets. It's Time to Pay Back Puerto Rico. Talking About Justice Wherever We Can.

It's Time to Pay Back Puerto Rico

As the federal government struggles to provide relief aid for hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, Trevor reminds viewers everything the island has done for the rest of the U.S.