NAACP statement on Grand Jury decision in fatal shooting of Tamir
BALTIMORE, MD – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) President and CEO Cornell William Brooks today released the following statement regarding the …
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Policing ‘race’ – and greed’s other myths – at gunpoint
That was exactly the way to end the year: Al Calloway, with his resounding home run of a commentary, “Body cameras will not change white …
Sadly, Kwanzaa’s principles forgotten, rejected
Almost 50 years ago in 1966, Dr. Maulana (Ron) Karenga created Kwanzaa as a substitute for Christmas for black folk. According to Wikipedia, Kwanzaa was …
Reform the warped criminal justice system
Probably few Americans have ever heard of George Stinney Jr. After all, it has been 70 years since the 14-year-old black boy was charged with …
Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2014
By BERNARD McGHEE Associated Press Here is a roll call of some of the people who died in 2014. January Amiri Baraka, 79. Militant man …
Don’t hinder your destiny
“… I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of …
Body cameras will not change white attitudes
You see how quickly black and white liberals and conservatives happily jumped out there with something they all could agree on? Yes, indeed, body cameras …
This revolution is being tweeted!
Paraphrasing a popular Salt n Pepa Let’s talk about race baby Let’s talk about you and me Let’s talk about all the good things And …