By Tiffanie Drayton | Originally Published at The Frisky. June 18, 2015 | Photographic Credit; Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama and the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina, now forever forged together throughout time. A White man named Dylann Storm Roof walked [...]
I remember Justine Black from elementary school. She was smart. She was brown, but not brown like me. I was black like most of the other kids in our class. I remember Justine because she was a good friend of mine. I knew that she was [...]
Kalief Browder was murdered, in the first degree. The papers will say that on Saturday, Browder, 22, walked into a room in his home, took the air conditioner out of a wall and hanged himself. But this was a premeditated murder of spirit, innocence, youth and [...]
By Shana L. Redmond and Damien Sojoyner | Originally Published at Truthout May 29, 2015 | Photographic Credit; Protesters in Seattle march in solidarity with Ferguson protesters on December 6, 2014. (Scottlum) Baltimore is a narrative project. In addition to the massive material loses [...]
By Judith Browne Dianis, John H. Jackson and Pedro Noguera |Originally Published The Hill. June 02, 2015, 01:00 PM In recent weeks, a few national civil rights organizations including the National Council of La Raza, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the League of [...]
We read Josh Duggar Records were Destroyed by Arkansas Police at Judge's Request and what are we to think? Might we consider… How White Male Privilege Allowed Josh Duggar's Crimes to Be "Forgiven"" By Altheria Gaston | Originally Published at For Harriet. May 28, 2015 | Photographic [...]
By Linda Tirado | Originally Published at Talk Poverty. May 28, 2015 | Photographic Credit; News That Matters There’s no point beating around this bush. An anti-poverty movement led by the middle and upper classes is doomed to failure. Equally, a partisan movement will never manage to [...]
By Tiffanie Drayton | Originally Published at The Frisky. May 26, 2015 | Photographic Credit; Ray Rice arrives with wife Janay Palmer for an appeal hearing of his suspension. New York. Associated Press Late last week, the charges against football player Ray Rice were all dropped by [...]
"If he's innocent, why did he run," the earnest voices say. It's not hard to understand: They shoot either way By D. Watkins | Originally Published at Salon. May 26, 2015 07:45 AM EDT | FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Cleveland Police Department [...]
