Wall Street Journal Staff: Changes Needed in Coverage of Race, Policing, Etc.
WSJ: "In a June 23 letter to the editor in chief, Matt Murray, a group identifying itself only as 'members of the WSJ newsroom' said the paper must…
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Remembering dr. King, Why The Civil Rights Struggle Continues — Jumaane Williams
Dr. King had the Herculean task of trying to pull President Johnson and the United States a little into the 20th century. Photo: Wikimediacommons Today we honor the…
Melissa Harris-Perry Walks Off Her MSNBC Show After Pre-emptions
In an unusually public flare-up, one of MSNBC’s television personalities clashed with the network on Friday in a dispute about airtime and editorial freedom and said she was…
President Obama’s Grand Finale
A grand finale is defined as “a very exciting or impressive ending of a performance.” Last Tuesday night, President Barack Hussein Obama gave his final State of the…
#BlackLivesMatter: America’s Universities Confront U.S. History of Enslavement Of Africans
How a superpower was built On November 14, Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia announced the university will rename two buildings on campus named for two 19th century…
For the GOP, old is the new new
Netflix has a popular TV show called “Orange is the New Black.” Have you seen the Republican Party’s new TV show this fall? It’s something I call “Old…
The Fulfillment Fund Raises 1.4 Million to Boost Low-income Students’ Graduation Rates
Photo: Fullfilment Fund Alumni and Stars Gala Speaker Niona White Photo credit: Alex J. Berliner Jovana Smith, both Black, female and from a low-income community, recalls wearing headphones…
what can we abolish in america?
You may want to write this down because I don’t say it very often. Perhaps we should follow the shining example of the Republican Party in one very…
The Rachel Dolezal thing
You either recognize Rachel Dolezal by name or facially. She’s been a topic of national discussion and examination for the last week. Dolezal is ubiquitous: in television interviews,…
Reflections On Politics, Race, Religion, and Sex
So how many of us believe in gender-equality? Let’s get to it. Politics, race, religion, and sex are the topics you usually avoid discussing in public regardless of…