Hearing Many Voices will be a series of conversations that PalacioMagazine.com is launching today around the issues of the day. Last week, we published a feature opinion piece titled “Looting Is Not Change and A Riot Is Not A Revolution.” Ina Parker-Hicks, an expatriate from Long Beach now living in Berlin, Germany was straightforward in…
“Tiffany Haynes is a Clinical psychologist and mental health researcher who focuses on improving access to mental health services in underserved communities. Haynes seeks to improve our understanding of emotional health and decrease stigma through the sharing of personal stories.” This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently…
“When we last spoke with Jaime Waldron earlier in April, she was a homeless college student worried about completing her online studies before graduation. Now, Waldron has officially graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in criminal justice. She recently spoke with NewsHour Weekend’s Zachary Green about her hopes for the future amidst…
“On Thursday, disturbing new details were revealed in the case of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old Black man who was chased, ambushed and shot dead by a group of white men in Georgia in what many have called a modern-day lynching. In a nearly seven-hour hearing, a state judge concluded all three men — Travis McMichael,…
“Widespread protests over George Floyd’s death and the treatment of black Americans by police more broadly have dominated the U.S. in recent days. For analysis of the issues at the heart of the unrest, Amna Nawaz talks to Art Acevedo, Houston’s chief of police, Tracey Meares, professor and founder of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale…
“As a historic week-long uprising against police violence continues and curfews are in place across the United States, President Trump has declared himself “the president of law and order” and threatened to send thousands of heavily armed soldiers into the streets. “President Trump’s speech almost amounted to a declaration of war against Americans,” says Kristen…
“Oluwafolabomi ‘Bomi’ Olujimi has undergone a journey full of transformation and discoveries about herself. Through spoken word, she highlights the key aspects of her identity and encourages listeners to pay attention to theirs. Oluwafolabomi’Bomi’ is a senior at Syracuse’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, in the Communication and Rhetorical Studies Program.” This talk was…
“Thousands took to the streets of Minneapolis Thursday as protests against the police killing of George Floyd rocked the city for the third night in a row. Kandace Montgomery, who participated in some of the protests, is executive director of Black Visions Collective, a Black-led, queer- and trans-centering community organization based in the Twin Cities…
“We know from history that both peaceful and violent demonstrations can change the political landscape. Omar Wasow, an assistant professor in the politics department at Princeton University, studies the history and political effects of protest. He joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.” Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour
Looting is robbery. Okay, not technically (The legal definition of looting in California is committing any of the following offenses, during a state of emergency or a local emergency: Burglary; Grand theft or Petty theft: Penal Code 463 PC). It is still stealing. What it is not is change. No, it does not change public policy nor…