Staten Island
“MOTHER’S TONGUE: PERSPECTIVES OF MOTHERS EXHIBIT” ON STATEN ISLAND EXPLORES RACIST POLICING AND MASS INCARCERATION
[Police Brutality\Visual Art] Kyoko Heshiimu: “My hopes for this exhibit is to open a dialogue about the overall impact that these tragedies have on ...
NYC: Cheated Workers Recover $350,000 In Wages — Comptroller Stringer Says
Comptroller Scott Stringer An initiative, announced in August, to find over 1,000 workers who have failed to claim more than $3.7 million ...
Severe Crowding Continues To Rise In NYC Housing Comptroller’s Report Shows
Comptroller Scott Stringer Bronx sees biggest jump at 74.2% from 2005 to 2013; Citywide Proportion of Severely Crowded Dwellings Up 44.8% More than one ...
Ten Reasons Why I Wouldn’t Attend Benjamin Netanyahu’s Speech If I Was A Member Of U.S Congress
Benjamin Netanyahu [Black Star News Editorial] There are many reasons but these are the 10 primary reasons why I wouldn’t attend Israeli Prime Minister ...
Akai Gurley: Activists Welcome Peter Laing’s Indictment But Caution Premature Celebration
Young marchers have been demanding for justice in several police-killing-of-unarmed Black men cases Several elected officials and activists welcomed today’s report that Peter Liang ...
Terrorism In France And USA
French special forces police during this week’s Paris turmoil — columnist says all terror acts, including homegrown ones, must be condemned Last week’s bombing ...
Missouri Closes 2014 With Another White Cop Killing Young Black Male
Another shooting. Missouri Gov. Nixon; his incompetence and refusal to recuse prosecutor McCulloch helped killer-cop Darren Wilson walk Once again, another young Black man ...
Policing The Police: Some Critical Reforms After Ferguson and Staten Island Rulings
Executed by Darren Wilson. How many more Michael Browns will we accept? [Speaking Truth To Power] As the protests and marches continue, in the ...
New York Attorney General Wants To Take Police Shooting Cases From Prosecutors
Pantaleo’s chokehold led to Eric Garner’s death The public has lost confidence in District Attorneys to prosecute police shooting cases. This lack of public ...
Ferguson And Staten Island: Some Prosecutors Are More Dangerous Than Brutal Cops
Pantaleo strangling to death Eric Garner Who poses the graver threat to the African American community, brutal cops or some prosecutors who enable their ...
