NEW: School Board Disruptions Escalate, Funded by Conservative Dark Money
Right-wing agitation around masks & vaccines in schools is thriving thanks in part to funding & infrastructure from shadowy foundations like the Council for National Policy (CNP): unicornriot.ninja/2021/school-bo…
Behind the scenes, a shadowy network of conservative dark money entities has spent millions attempting to remake public education in their own image. Helped by a constellation of disinformation artists and alt-right celebrities, conservatives have revived a Reagan-era strategy...
A complex network of shared influence ensures a steady stream of income for a wide ecosystem of right-wing influencers and parents’ groups. Funded by groups like the Council for National Policy, advertised by conservative celebrities like Michael Flynn ...
... and enforced at the local level by a loose coalition of parents and militia members, the right-wing policy machine has focused all of its energy on the foundations of American public education. unicornriot.ninja/2021/school-bo…
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The 31st Annual Black Master Storytelling Festival titled “Black Joy: Stories Celebrating Hope, Resilience and Love” is being held virtually this year. unicornriot.ninja/2021/celebrati…
Continuing the legacy of carrying on Black culture & traditions through storytelling, elders Nothando & Vusumuzi Zulu with the Black Storytellers Alliance organize a yearly festival that draws master storytellers from across the US. Our coverage from 2016: unicornriot.ninja/2016/black-sto…
After storytelling performances during the 2018 festival, we spoke with six of the master Black storytellers including festival director Vusumuzi Zulu, who said that storytelling is "one of the most powerful ways to transmit culture." See the videos here: unicornriot.ninja/2019/sharing-b…
UPDATE: The man that raped Ali (who had shared her story with UR) accepted a plea bargain today in Dakota County, MN, for Criminal Sexual Conduct in the 5th Degree (Nonconsensual Sexual Contact).
The deal allows for Ali's perpetrator to execute his sentence w/ time served, meaning he doesn't have probation & won't serve jail time.
He was sentenced to 365 days in jail but given time served after receiving credit for a recent prison stint from a separate drug sentence. ↕️
Along with no jail time specific to the sexual assault on Ali & no probation, the plea deal signed today by the perpetrator also means he won't have to register as a sexual predator or be charged w rape. He was assessed a $130 fine after having $75 for his public defender waived.
Last month over 50 water protectors were arrested, some violently, outside of @GovTimWalz mansion in #StPaul.
Led by #Line3 pipeline resistance camp Camp Migizi, three people locked down to the mansion fencing as the group sought to speak to the governor🎥unicornriot.ninja/2021/over-50-l…
Hundreds of water protectors marched from the Minnesota Capitol grounds on Saturday, August 28, 2021, to the MN Governor's Residence demanding the government #StopLine3 construction in Northern MN: unicornriot.ninja/2021/over-50-l…
#Line3: During the march from the MN State Capitol to the governor's mansion, the group stopped at the Cathedral in St. Paul to rally and hear speeches: unicornriot.ninja/2021/over-50-l…
New report from #Brazil containing info on what many deem as pandemic mismanagement by the Bolsonaro admin & an interview with Miqueias Luiz Miguel, the Pastor of Ebenezer Church in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, who has done some extensive social work. unicornriot.ninja/2021/brazil-mu…
Providing #MutualAid in #Brazil during the pandemic, Pastor Miqueias Luiz Miguel said his church, Ebenézer Church in the Jardim Zara neighborhood of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, distributes food to the community & pre-packaged meals to homeless residents: unicornriot.ninja/2021/brazil-mu…
Organizations & neighborhood groups across the world have altered their services since the pandemic. Minas Da Quebrada free space which provides literature & youth programming in Cariacica, Victoria, turned to distributing food & hygiene baskets last year: unicornriot.ninja/2020/the-coron…
The 6,416 people killed last year by police in #Brazil are a 190% increase from 2013. Black Brazilians were killed at the highest rate, accounting for 79% of the deaths by police in 2020 while only representing 56% of the population in the country of 211 million people.
The vast majority of the families of those #KilledByPolice in #Brazil never receive justice and the lack of accountability has led to the Human Rights Watch seeking a dedicated prosecutorial body to handle cases of police abuse: hrw.org/news/2021/04/1…
This year’s Running Down The Walls marathon in Philly is in honor of longtime political prisoner, journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, and features a large puppet in Mumia’s likeness: unicornriot.ninja/2021/running-d…
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s grandson, Jamal Jr. is addressing the crowd now: