Tag Archives: Black Lives Matter
At Texas State, Student Activists Make Their Voices Heard
The last year has seen a rash of hate incidents, protests and clashes both in the San Marcos community and at Texas State University.
The last year has seen a rash of hate incidents, protests and clashes both in the San Marcos community and at Texas State University....Read More
The 10 Best Observer Stories of 2016: ‘The GOP is Gaslighting America’
Today's GOP leaders aren't playing politics as usual. They're using abusive tactics to manipulate the public.
Editor’s Note: Open a browser tab for this fiery analysis of one of President-elect Donald Trump’s most odious rhetorical habits — we’re going to ne...Read More
White Supremacists, Counter-Protesters Collide at Capitol After Black History Event
State troopers and local police surrounded the 'White Lives Matter Too' demonstrators, who were outnumbered by hundreds of counter-protestors.
State troopers and local police surrounded the "White Lives Matter Too" demonstrators, who were armed but outnumbered by hundreds of counter-protestors....Read More
Houston Black Lives Matter Group Slams Democrat’s Police Education Proposal for Teens
It says "‘When the police stop you, and they will, this is how we want you to act, even though we know you’re still going to get killed,'" said an activist....Read More
The Texas Miracle #18: Our Best 40 Minutes (So Far)
From a chili-related query on our inaugural episode to ruminations on police violence to Wendy Davis on abortion politics, it's a Miracle retrospective.
From a chili-related query on our inaugural episode to ruminations on police violence to Wendy Davis on abortion politics, it's a Miracle retrospective....Read More
The GOP is Gaslighting America — on National Television
Today's GOP leaders aren't playing politics as usual. They're using abusive tactics to manipulate the public.
Trump's GOP isn't politics as usual — it's a party comfortable with using gaslighting and intimidation, tactics favored by abusers, to win at all costs....Read More
The Texas Miracle #13: Would Jesus Say Black Lives Matter?
This week on the podcast: Our resident theologian unpacks the Beatitudes for the 'Blue Lives Matter' crowd, while Prairie View remembers Sandra Bland on the anniversary of her death.
Our resident theologian unpacks the Beatitudes for the 'Blue Lives Matter' crowd, and Black activists and scholars join us for a racial justice roundtable....Read More
Friends and Poets Remember Sandra Bland on the Anniversary of Her Arrest
One year after a state trooper stopped Sandra Bland on Prairie View’s University Drive, a group gathered for songs, prayers and poetry to honor her and the fi...Read More
The Texas Miracle #12: Whose Lives Matter?
This week on the podcast: In the wake of official responses to the Dallas attacks on police, whose lives really matter?
This week on the podcast: In the wake of official responses to the Dallas attacks on police, whose lives really matter?...Read More