You read that correctly – there is actually reason to bring up the Third Amendment of the United States Constitution in modern society, as Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington D.C. calls for the departure of all out-of-state National Guard troops in the nation’s capital. Across America, protests have erupted in the wake of George Floyd’s…
On Wednesday, former President Barack Obama held a Zoom town hall to call for police reform and legislative changes in the wake of the George Floyd protests. While it’s certainly commendable that Obama would use his significant platform to speak up on such an important issue, I’m left wondering why he didn’t make any of…
With the nation still in chaos from the fallout of George Floyd’s murder, the political response has been a mixed bag, to put it mildly. Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul are working to demilitarize the police; Michigan Representative Justin Amash is introducing legislation to end qualified immunity; and a gaggle of…
On Monday, President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in order to deploy the US military to states to address the looting and rioting that is going on. Shortly thereafter, Trump had the military fire tear gas at peaceful protesters in front of the White House so he could walk to a nearby church…
Dear Black Lives Matter: For the very first time, you have the ears of the entire nation. Many Americans, including mainstream conservative pundits have seen the video footage of George Floyd die with a knee on his neck. They were all horrified. People who were previously skeptical of your message, who criticized taking a knee…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: “Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing.” ‘Whose Streets’ is a boots-on-the-ground, in-your-face document of the most seminal race-related event of the past decade: the vigils, protests, police-overreaction, and federal investigation regarding the shooting death of Michael Brown Jr. This is The Black Lives…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — At least one person is dead and 19 are injured after a vehicle reportedly plowed through a group of people in Charlottesville, Va. Saturday. The incident occurred in the early afternoon during clashes between white supremacists, Black Lives Matter, Antifa and other groups….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grace Carr Black Lives Matter advocates attempted to hold up the Minneapolis Pride Parade Sunday by protesting the inclusion of police in the march. A group of about 75 protesters — some of which wore rainbow garb and carried a “Justice for Philando” banner while shouting slogans like “No KKKops at Pride!” — briefly blocked intersections and caused several…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Minik Evanston, IL – Northwestern University has become the latest battleground in the fight for free speech and academic liberty. Sociology professor Beth Redbird invited a public relations officer of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to participate in a lecture series on “Inequality: Race, Class, and Power.” To…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Democratic California Sen. Kamala D. Harris’s delivered a commencement speech Friday and used it to describe a post-apocalyptic, President Donald Trump world in which “a late night tweet could start a war” and “young [illegal immigrants] who were brought to America as children fear a midnight knock on…