Cardinal Dolan Excusing NYPD Abuse and Murder is Sinful
Black Star News: "Cardinal Dolan, your comments are insensitive, at the very least. They are offensive to every Black New Yorker targeted, daily, by the institutional racism that…
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Is America Finally Acknowledging Its Wretched Past to Change Future?
Koehler: "What matters about the present moment is that change seems to be coming from multiple directions, both outside and within the corridors of political and economic power."…
The Reckoning: Why Governor Andrew Cuomo Must Tear Down Columbus’ Statue
Columbus' statue--Hail to an enslaver. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is wrong by insisting that Christopher Columbus' statue remain on 59th street in Manhattan and…
Matthew Desmond’s Vulgar History in the New York Times Project 1619
A Black soldier in the union army, 1864. Thousands fought bravely and preserved the union and liberate this country. This journey continues. Source: Wikimedia Commons via Beinecke Rare…
Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Repudiating Columbus the Genocidier
Sitting Bull. What if there had been more Indigenous People's victories like the Battle of Little Big Horn? Who would be celebrating Columbus today? Photo: Orlando Scott Goff…