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Proposals aimed at dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs on college campuses have been introduced in 21 states since 2021 — and nine of the states have approved such laws, an Axios analysis finds.

Remember the viral photo of a cop high-fiving a fascist at an anti-fascist mobilisation in Melbourne a few years ago — when Victoria Police also pepper-sprayed the anti-fascist protesters, charged them on horses, violated the safe medic space and facilitated the Nazis’ movement? Last Friday, as Queensland Police tried to quash a Black Lives Matter protest, a cop was spotted wearing the far-right “thin blue line” emblem associated with the white supremacist movement. https://l.facebook.com/l....

Fascism level in the USA: Arresting history professors.

If you want an example of how crime is a social construct, consider this. Briana Boston said "delay defend depose" to an insurance corp—she owns 0 guns, was arrested, charged with terrorism, & had to pay $100K bond Brad Spafford had multiple illegal guns, 150 bombs, lied to the FBI, advocated assassinating Kamala, is NOT charged with terrorism, and had to pay a $25K bond Empty words are "terrorism" but actual illegal bombs & guns are "free speech." Incredible. #SideBySide

Since July 2010, miners have submitted more than 460 applications to disturb or destroy sites of potential cultural significance in the region...All but one of those applications were approved. (Via @johnmenadue ) https://t.co/MHSNuuKCHF

Our kids are criminalised, over-policed, abused in prisons. 70% of 10-13 yos in prison are Aboriginal. If governments #RaisetheAge to 14 we can stop this injustice - it's a step to ending the mass incarceration of our mob. Watch @theprojecttv tonight! https://t.co/KfAV5nUSev

A flaw in a widely used medical device that measures oxygen levels causes critically ill Asians, Blacks and Hispanics to receive less supplemental oxygen to help them breathe than white patients, according to data from a large study published on Monday.

You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.

In the early 2020s, so many people I knew were spat on, told to go home. Someone held a torch to my face, in San Francisco, home to one of the oldest Chinatowns in the world, and told me she wanted to burn me, for my skin color. I lived most of my life as a privileged member of society: an English speaking Chinese person in Singapore, where I was born. I have been involved in AAPI activism, but always felt like a fraud. I had not felt particularly oppressed. In that moment, I saw cla...