Aug 17, 2016 | Afro-Latinx, Electoral Politics, Women Of Color, Writing
Article written by Rosa Clemente First published by PBS NewsHour When the United States Constitution was fully ratified on June 21, 1788, neither white women, black women nor black men were considered full citizens of this nation. In fact black people, free or...
Aug 17, 2016 | Afro-Latinx, Electoral Politics, Women Of Color, Writing
Article written by Rosa Clemente First published by PBS NewsHour I left the Democratic Party in 2000. At that time, I got the chance to hear Ralph Nader speak while he was running as the Green Party presidential candidate. He exposed so much for me. Having spent five...
Aug 1, 2016 | Black Lives Matter, Media Appearances, Police
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Jul 27, 2016 | Black Lives Matter, Media Appearances, Police, Video
Watch this video on YouTube Former Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Rosa Clemente says reform measures like civilian review boards have failed to hold police accountable. Original Post on the Real News Network Transcript: EDDIE CONWAY, TRNN: Hi. I’m Eddie...
Jul 25, 2016 | Electoral Politics, Journalism, Rising Up with Sonali
Produced for Rising Up with Sonali. On Monday July 25, 2016, Rising Up host Sonali Kolhatkar reported from the March for our Lives, organized by the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign. The march took place in Philadelphia in front of the City Hall, to...
Jul 24, 2016 | Black Lives Matter, Electoral Politics, Police, Video
Watch this video on YouTube Elections and electoral politics have been touted time and time again as THE solution to the nightmares of super-exploitation, structural unemployment, mass incarceration and white political reaction that have plagued the Black working...
Jul 20, 2016 | Black Lives Matter, Police, Video
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Jul 19, 2016 | Black Lives Matter, Media Appearances, Police
Just as protests and rallies against the police killings of two black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, were ramping up in cities around the US, a horrific mass shooting incident in Dallas, Texas, has shocked the nation. Five police officers were killed by a...
Jul 17, 2016 | Black Lives Matter, Media Appearances, Police
Black Lives Matter Upstate New York spokesperson Rosa Clemente is also upset with what the two officers said. She is concerned about what she calls “the trauma inflicted on those young people.” “Albany has a huge problem. And the problem with the mayor and the chief...
Jul 8, 2016 | Black Lives Matter, Journalism, Police, Rising Up with Sonali
Produced for Rising Up with Sonali. Just as protests and rallies against the police killings of two black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, were ramping up in cities around the US, a horrific mass shooting incident in Dallas, Texas, has shocked the nation....