Tribute: To Richard Hatcher and Other Black Mayors
Richard Hatcher's 1967 victory was resisted--GOP have been trying to black African American progress for decades. This is what Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston, TX, said of the…
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Don’t Surrender To Congress Determined to Rob Our Children’s Healthcare
Sen. Mitch McConnell, GOP ringleader. Photo Gage Skidmore-Flickr. Keep Working and Never Ever Give Up What a week it’s been. It’s hard to conceive that despite opposition from…
CEO Pay Up 937% While Workers’ Stagnate in Four Decades
Photo: Epicharmus/Flickr A new report, published by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) this week, shows that while wages for American workers have essentially remained stagnant for decades, CEO…
Would Pantaleo Be on the NYPD if he’d Killed a White man in Lynch-hold?
Cowardly Pantaleo applies the death squeeze This week marks three years since Eric Garner was choked to death, in a lynch-hold, on a Staten Island street by NYPD…
When Cops Kill Black People: America’s Two Realities and Why Jurors Can’t Believe Their Lying Eyes
Officer Yanez Charles Dickens' 1859 A Tale of Two Cities were spoton in 1859 as they are today: "It was the best of times, it was the worst…
After Moral Mondays, Rights Icon Rev. Barber Focuses on Fighting Poverty
Rev. William Barber. Photo-Flickr Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 said: "This is America’s opportunity to help bridge the gulf between the haves and the have-nots. The…
Congo: Amnesty International Calls for Release of Detained Opponents of Kabila’s Military Regime Remain
Jean-Marie Kalonji and Sylva Mbikayi. Photo--Twitter Friday, July 14th marks three weeks since the Congolese military picked up and detained Jean-Marie Kalonji and Sylva Mbikayi of the youth-led…
White Cop Named Paul Holden LaFleur Allegedly Kills Black Man With Bullets In His Back
Guillory and Brown. Photo: Facebook Over the last few years, African Americas have seen a steady stream of mayhem and murder perpetrated against Black people by prejudiced policing…
Mayor Baraka Leads March marking 50th Anniversary of Newark Rebellion today
Mayor Ras Baraka. Photo: www.ci.newark.nj.us Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka, archival project The North and The People’s Organization for Progress, and community leaders will commemorate the 50th anniversary…
Mourning: As An Immigrant, Officer Miosotis Embodied the American Dream
Slain officer Miosotis Familia. Photo-Facebook Transcript of remarks by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio at funeral service of NYPD detective Miosotis Familia Our hearts are broken. But…