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"A Public Lynching": Justin Jones, Black Tennessee Lawmaker, Responds to Expulsion from State House

2023-04-07T18:38:15.183Z

We speak with Justin Jones, one of two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled by a Republican supermajority in the Tennessee state House of Representatives Thursday for peacefully protesting gun violence in the chamber last week as thousands rallied at the Capitol to demand gun control after the Covenant elementary school shooting in Nashville. A vote to expel their white colleague who joined them in solidarity failed. "They thought they would silence us, but in fact they amplified it, because the nation can see how racist they are. The nation can see how retaliatory, how authoritarian they are," says Jones. We also feature some of the dramatic exchanges that unfolded on the House floor, which Jones calls "a public lynching" targeting the two youngest Black lawmakers in the Legislature.

Radical Supreme Court Guts State Gun Laws & Right to Remain Silent Under Arrest

2022-06-25T00:21:58.099Z

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a century-old New York state law that limited who can carry concealed weapons in public, with Justice Clarence Thomas writing for the 6-3 majority that the statute violated the Second Amendment's right to bear arms. The ruling vastly expands gun rights in the U.S. just weeks after mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, and represents "a revolution in Second Amendment law," says Slate senior writer Mark Joseph Stern. "It declares that any restriction on the right to self-defense is presumptively unconstitutional." In light of the Supreme Court decision, a bipartisan gun violence bill passed by the Senate is "one step forward, two steps back." Stern also discusses a separate ruling in which the court's conservative majority said a person who is arrested and not told of their right to remain silent cannot subsequently sue police for violating their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination — even if statements they give are ultimately used against them at trial. The decision could be setting the stage for the court to overturn the 1966 Miranda v. Arizona precedent altogether, Stern warns.

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J. Cole Puts On a Show For the Home State | All-Star 2019 Halftime Show

2019-02-27T22:48:01.403Z

J. Cole shows out for the hometown during the 2019 NBA All-Star Halftime Performance!

DJ D-Sharp (Golden State Warriors)

2019-01-25T18:56:38.392Z

Allattractive Media Presents: DJ D-Sharp "The 7th Man" Exclusive Interview - Teaser Produced/Directed/Edited by: A. Miller [AM1] Allattractive Media Film/Cam...

Hurricane Michael Pummels Communities in Florida, a State Led by a Climate Change-Denying Governor

2018-10-11T22:49:46.170Z

At least two people have died since Hurricane Michael made landfall in Florida and Georgia on Wednesday. It is the third most powerful storm to ever hit the U.S. mainland, and meteorologists say it is supercharged by warmer than usual water in the Gulf of Mexico. But Florida Governor Rick Scott has a long history of denying climate change. In 2011, his administration reportedly banned state employees in Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection from using the terms “climate change,” “global warming” and “sea-level rise.” We speak with Gloria Horning, a social and environmental justice advocate. She serves on the Environmental Advisory Board for Pensacola, Florida.

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