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…
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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…
Seventeen State Attorneys General To Defy Mulvaney, Trump’s CFPB Appointee
President Trump. Photo: Gage Skidmore-FlickrThe change in the leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by President Trump won't stop State Attorneys General from enforcing consumer protection…
Roy Moore: Can Black Voters Help Halt Victory for Alabama’s Alleged Pedophile Senate Front-runner?
Roy Moore. Wife Kayla says 'We have many friends that are black, and we also fellowship with them in church and in our home.' Photo: Twitter Today's Alabama…
Journalism Legend Simeon Booker, Polk Winner, Dies at 99
Booker shown with McCray. Photo: Media Genesis Solutions LLC Simeon Booker, the trailblazing journalist who chronicled the Civil Rights Movement for Jet and Ebony Magazines and a 2016…
New Organization wants larger role for women of color in Global peace and security issues
Left to right are: Asma Lateef, Director, Bread for the World Institute; Laila Hasan, Foreign Service Officer U.S. Department of State; Janelle J. Roberts, Simon-Skjodt Center for the…
If Scott had murdered killer Cop Michael Slager, He Would’ve Faced Execution
killer Cop Michael Slager. CNN TV screen shot This week killer-cop, Michael Slager, was given a 20-year sentence by a federal judge for cold-bloodedly murdering Walter Scott—shooting him…
Reparations Now– and Danny Glover’s History of Activism
Danny Glover. File Photo--Amber Baldet-Flickr Reparations? Yes. When? Now. This was the rallying cry when the National African American Reparations Commission convened in New Orleans for a benefit…
Conyers–The Rise and Fall of a Legendary congressman
Conyers with Mandela John James Conyers is the epitome of Black Power. Yet, Conyers also represents Black Power gone wrong. Conyers was the longest-serving member of the U.S.…
Fighting for Mumia Abu-Jamal: Major Forum Saturday
Mumia supporters outside the prison where he's confined. Photo: Joe Piette--Flickr All out to bring Mumia Abu-Jamal home December 9, 2017 marks 36 years since Mumia Abu-Jamal was…