The New Slavery’s Boost: Private Prisons Smell Blood In The Water
Cover of Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow" The great Russian novelist, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, in “The House of the Dead,” 1862, wrote: "The degree of civilization in a…
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“Fake News”? Without Courageous Media Civil Rights Progress Would Have been Delayed
Pioneering journalist Ida B. Wells. Source: YouTube Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., knew the power of media and once observed: "The brutality with which officials would have quelled…
President Trump Is Wrong On Gender-neutral Restrooms
Jumaane D. Williams and NY City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito presenting proclamation to Brooklyn Community Pride Center in June 2016. Photo Credit: William Alatriste, NYC Council The Trump…
Trump’s “Deportation Memo” Widely Condemned
Leading editorial boards have condemned the Trump Administration’s detailed blueprint for mass deportation laid out in the new DHS implementation memos on immigration enforcement. The White House and…
Chicago Killer Cop LaRoyce Tankson Charged With Murder
LaRoyce Tankson Last Friday, an Amtrak police officer was charged with first-degree murder for shooting a fleeing Black man in the back—because he was suspected of having marijuana…
Sharpton: Will Trump Bend Arc Towards or Away From Justice?
Sharpton. MSNBC screenshot Today, President Trump toured the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, where he was shown everything from slavery to the present day…
Letter: Museveni’s Acholi Genocide; and, U.S. Black Male Life Expectancy
I write to comment on two recent articles on BlackStarNews.com "UGANDA: MUSEVENI'S HIDDEN AGENDA AGAINST THE ACHOLI IS EXPOSED" by John Muto p'Lajur and "Yale University Consigns Calhoun…
Honoring Dr. Dorothy Irene Height: Great Civil Rights Champion
“We African American Women seldom do just what we want to do, but always what we have to do. I am grateful to have been in a time…
Standing Rock: Come Help, Come Prepared
The Army Corps of Engineers has issued a February 22 evacuation order to the Standing Rock Water Protectors, in accordance with President Trump's executive order that the pipeline…
Immigrants Like Carlos Defy Stereotypes Promoted By Trump’s Actions
Marian Wright Edelman. Photo: Youtube “My mother always said, ‘Learn what you can learn for yourself, and then share your knowledge with others.’ My goal now is to…