African-Americans
New Dred Scott Ruling: One Cent Awarded In Police Killing of Black Man
The legacy of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney’s 1857 Dred Scott ruling (and opinion) endures today: “[Black Africans imported as slaves] had for more ...
Trumpcare: What Do Black People Have to Lose? Everything
Trump promised “affordable healthcare for everyone”. Just more empty promises. Photo: Gage Skidmore-Flickr [Commentary] Yesterday Senate Republicans voted to proceed with a process that ...
Reflections: Juneteenth In the Era of Donald Trump
Rep. Barbara Lee. Photo. Flickr Congresswoman Lee Marks 152nd Observance of Juneteenth. Today we pause to celebrate and commemorate Juneteenth – the day in ...
Police Killings not Black and Latino problem; It’s American Issue — Obama
I want to begin by expressing my condolences for the families of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. As I said in the statement that ...
Inkster Police Officer Convicted and Sentenced To Prison For Beating Black Man
Police Officer William Melendez This week Michigan Police Officer William Melendez was sentenced to 13 months to 10 years for the January 2015 beating ...
North Carolina Residents to Sue State Over Discriminatory Voter ID Law
Residents in North Carolina are attempting to take the state to court over a new voter ID law. They argue that the new law ...
Troubled Marriage: Egomaniac, Misogynist, Thinly Veiled Bigot Trump And GOP
Donald Trump [Elections 2016] A master at the art of demeaning, belittling and insulting It’s becoming evident that Trump and the GOP hierarchy are ...
D’Arrigo, Hunts Point, Sued: Alleged Race-based Price Fixing, Off The Books Wages, Race Bias
Willie Mitchell claims he wasn’t fired for urinating in public; claims he was trying to expose price fixing, and employment and race discrimination. Photo: ...
New York Times Rewrites Scalia to Make Him Sound Less Racist
Justice Scalia New York Times Supreme Court correspondent Adam Liptak (12/9/15) recounted a startling moment in the Court’s oral arguments over the University of ...
American Demagogue: Repudiating Donald Trump And His BIG LIE
“The great masses will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one”—Adolph Hitler. In this presidential campaign season, ...
