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Chelsea Manning is running for Senate in Maryland

The Progressive Wing Posted on January 14, 2018 by magsviewJanuary 14, 2018

Chelsea’s running. A transgender former Army intelligence who rose to national prominence for leaking sensitive information to Wikileaks has taken steps to run for U.S. Senate in Maryland. The Federal Election Commission website indicates Chelsea Manning on Thursday filed for candidacy to run as a Democrat in the mid-term election. It would be difficult for Manning to wrest the Democratic nomination from incumbent Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), who’s seen the overwhelmingly favorite as he runs for a third term. The primary is set for June 28. Technically, Cardin hasn’t confirmed he’ll be defending his seat. Ben Cardin, 74, has not … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Candidates, Democrats, Police Reform, Privacy, War | Tagged Ben Cardin, Chelsea Manning, MD Democratic 2018 Primary

Ben Jealous, Van Jones and Eddie Conway on what Real Criminal Justice Reform Looks like

The Progressive Wing Posted on October 20, 2017 by LieparDestinOctober 20, 2017

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Posted in Ben Jealous, Police Reform, Progressive Media, TheRealNews, Van Jones | Tagged Ben Jealous, Eddie Conway, Police Reform, The Real News, Van Jones

The Nina Turner Show: The Role of the Protestor with Erica Garner

The Progressive Wing Posted on October 16, 2017 by LieparDestinOctober 16, 2017

Erica Garner talks to Nina Turner about how the loss of her father, Eric Garner, galvanized her activism for police accountability, and how she came to support Bernie Sanders

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Posted in Activism, Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter, Nina Turner, Our Revolution, Police Reform, TheRealNews, Video | Tagged Erica Garner, Nina Turner, THe Nina Turner Show

What is a fair wage for a prisoner’s labor?

The Progressive Wing Posted on July 20, 2017 by Subir GrewalJuly 20, 2017

​   Samuel Sinyangwe visited Louisiana a few weeks ago, and wrote about how conscript labor is used there in the state legislature and across government facilities. Some background: Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the *world.* Within that, black people are locked up at much higher rates. pic.twitter.com/Wcc85JCOwM — Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 19, 2017 I thought I understood racism and mass incarceration. But nothing prepared me for what I saw in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (1/x) — Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 19, 2017 The thread is worth reading, and Sinyangwe was particularly affected by the sight of prisoners … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter, Police Reform | Tagged Alabama, Angola Prison, Arkansas, Convict Labor, Convict Leasing, Criminal Justice Reform, Fair Wage, Georgia, Governors, Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Labor, Louisiana, Mass Incarceration, minimum wage, Pardons, Prison Labor, South Carolina

Ohio is an Open-Carry State Except If You’re an African-American Male

The Progressive Wing Posted on July 21, 2016 by LieparDestinJuly 21, 2016

The Republican National Convention is underway just a few miles from the park where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot dead by police in November of 2014 while he was playing with a toy pellet gun. We speak with Rev. Dr. Jawanza Karriem Colvin, the pastor of the Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, which is one of the largest African-American congregations in Cleveland, about how city officials and activists responded to the killing. He was recently profiled in a Politico report titled “The Preacher Who Took on the Police.”

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Posted in Black Lives Matter, DemocracyNow!, Issues, News, Police Reform, Policy, Progressive Media, Video | Tagged Civil Rights, Cleveland, DemocracyNow!, Guns, Ohio, open carry, Police Reform, race, Tamir Rice

Nina Turner: Killing of 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice Highlights Value Gap Between Black & White Lives

The Progressive Wing Posted on July 20, 2016 by LieparDestinJuly 20, 2016

While covering the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Democracy Now! visited Cudell Park, where Tamir Rice was gunned down by two officers in November of 2014 while he was playing with a toy pellet gun. A 911 caller reported seeing Rice with a weapon, but noted it was “probably fake.” That information was not relayed to the responding officers, who shot him within two seconds of arriving at the scene. A grand jury failed to bring charges against either of the officers. In April, Cleveland officials agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of Tamir Rice. We speak with Nina Turner, who is a former state senator and former city councilmember whose son is a police officer and husband is a retired police officer.

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Posted in Black Lives Matter, Issues, News, Nina Turner, Police Reform, Policy, Video | Tagged Black Lives Matter, BLM, Cleveland, Nina Turner, Ohio, Police Reform, Tamir Rice

Nina Turner, from Family of Police Officers, Responds to Baton Rouge Attack

The Progressive Wing Posted on July 19, 2016 by LieparDestinJuly 19, 2016

From DemocracyNow! Following Sunday’s killing of three police officers in Baton Rouge on Sunday, after a week of protests sparked by the fatal shooting by police of resident Alton Sterling, we speak with former Ohio State Senator Nina Turner, who is in Cleveland, where Democracy Now! is covering the Republican National Convention. Her son is a police officer, and her husband is a retired police officer. “Good police officers prop up bad police officers, and they won’t tell, they won’t talk about what is wrong within this system,” Turner says. “We have to have good police officers call out their … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Lives Matter, DemocracyNow!, Issues, Media, News, Nina Turner, Police Reform, Policy, Progressive Media | Tagged DemocracyNow!, Nina Turner

The Second Amendment itself is racist – the dark, dirty secret of American history

The Progressive Wing Posted on July 15, 2016 by NVPainterJuly 15, 2016

So why the big silence from the NRA when two men who were legal gun owners with conceal carry permits are shot? Could it be because they are black? Thom Hartmann explains that “the dark, dirty secret of American history is that the Second Amendment itself is racist.” Thom Hartmann explains that the Second Amendment was written both to ensure no standing national army, in order to prevent the possibility of a military coup overturning democracy, AND to preserve slavery in the South — in particular, by continuing the Virginia state slave patrols, which were, in essence, a state militia. … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Lives Matter, History, Police Reform, Thom Hartmann | Tagged Constitution, Second Amendment

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