Family of Ulysses, Teen Whose Face Smashed By Alabama Police, Hires Lawyer Crump
Deep South? Ulysses, after the Troy Police rearranged the teen's face. The family of a Black teen whose face was pulverized by police in Troy, Alabama, has hired…
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Disent on Disenters: Revisiting Cornel West’s Critique of Ta-Nehisi Coates
Cornel West. Source-RT YouTube “Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. 'Where did this man get this wisdom and…
Celebrating With Hope Even After Congress Said “There Is No Room at the Inn”
Marian Wright Edelman A friend shared a story I love about our mutual friend and mentor Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. some years ago. It was Christmas Eve…
The Murder of Ramarley Graham and the Lack of Fight Back
Ramarley Graham Here are my comments regarding the article "HASTE SHOULD'VE BEEN IMPRISONED AND ALL OFFICERS INVOLVED IN MURDER OF MY SON, RAMARLEY GRAHAM, FIRED," by the mother…
CPJ: Iraq, Syria deadliest countries for journalists
At least 42 journalists were killed in the course of their work in 2017, the Committee to Protect Journalists found in its annual analysis. While the overall number…
United and Woke — We Will Defeat Trumpism In America
Trumpism must be defeated. Photo: Gage Skidmore The late Dr. Maya Angelou, the author and Civil Rights Activist, one said: “You see, we may encounter many defeats, but…
Police Union Attacks Chief for Condemning Handcuffing of 11-Year Old girl at gunpoint
Eleven-year old Honestie. Screenshot NBC. In Michigan, police union representatives are attacking a local police chief, saying they can no longer “trust” him because he said he found…
New York’s AG Schneiderman to Sue On FCC Net Neutrality Vote
Schneiderman. New York's Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has announced that he will lead a multistate lawsuit to stop the rollback of net neutrality. https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=33s&v=-9VQ-ykhRDU “The FCC’s vote…
Simeon Booker Defined Peerless Journalism
Simeon Booker. Image-YouTube This is how the journalist Simeon Booker described an account of the Civil Rights Movement: "Glaring down at us from the truck were five white…
Commentary: Senator Schumer, Time to Appoint African American on Senate Judiciary Committee
Senator Schumer. Photo flickr Dear Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, On behalf of the national racial and social justice organizations listed below, we write to express our firm…