Plessy Day 2017—125 Years of The Struggle Continues
Hosted by the The Plessy and Ferguson Foundation. | Join Us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter. | Join the Event if you choose. Download the poster here! Don't forget to share it on Twitter and Facebook! [...]
This is The Reality of Anorexia
Since opening up about my struggles, I have received more support and strength and prayers than I could have ever imagined, and I am incredibly thankful. I am blessed to have such a strong support system in my life. However, not everyone is as accepting [...]
The People’s Rally, March, and Conference—Save Our Schools Coalition July 8-9, 2016
Reverend Doctor William Barber II is the President of the North Carolina NAACP and convener of the Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ) Peoples Assembly Coalition, We are gathered here today as we the people are unified in a common cause drawn by [...]
Of Love and Blood: For People Who Like To Watch Child Abuse Porn on Social Media
That’s the question a lot of folks have been asking about the latest viral video of a sweaty hulking father who punished his son for walking out of class by lacing up a pair of boxing gloves and repeatedly punching him in the chest and [...]
The People’s March For Public Education and Social Justice
Save Our Schools Coalition March and Rally and Activists Conference The People’s March For Public Education and Social JusticeThe March and Rally Take Place at The Lincoln Memorial[/tile] Friday, July 8, 2016 10:30 a.m. – Pre-Rally festivities on the big stage and in [...]
A Perfect Storm; The Takeover of New Orleans Public Schools—Disenfranchised Communities
"A Perfect Storm: The Takeover of New Orleans Public Schools" Part Three — Disenfranchised Communities A Perfect Storm: The Takeover of New Orleans Public Schools is a series of short videos, that reveals the real [...]
Why John King Should Be Rejected as Secretary of Education
When I learned that President Obama had formally nominated John King for the position of secretary of education, I was horrified and furious. As a student at Syosset High School during much of King’s reign as New York State’s education commissioner, I saw firsthand the [...]
I’ll Be So Proud When My Daughter is President and Runs a Corrupt Oligarchy
I want my black American daughter to be president of the United States when she grows up – and to evade, at all costs, the question of whether a president of the United States of America can be morally just. I want her to wear [...]