By chaunceydevega | Originally Published at Chauncey DeVega. September 24, 2014 Several weeks ago, Levar Jones, a black motorist, was shot by a white South Carolina state trooper named Sean M. Groubert while complying with the latter's request that he present his drivers license for inspection. This [...]
We, the people, wish to right a wrong. Our Neighborhood High School Walter H Dyett High School is under siege. The School Board, Alderman Will Burns, and the Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel have given us ample reason to believe we must save our children, save [...]
By Tiffanie Drayton | Originally Published at The Frisky. September 22, 2014 12:43 PM EDT I think I may have had a small mental break down last week. I knew it was coming, I was all tight with emotion after some of the responses I received on [...]
Just released U.S. Census Bureau data reveal 45.3 million people were poor in America in 2013. One in three of those who are poor is a child. Children remain our poorest age group and children of color and those under five are the poorest. More [...]
Illustration by Tara Jacoby By David J. Leonard | Originally Published at Gawker. September 13, 2014 I am an angel in this nation. And I suspect the New York Times or Fox News would remember me as an angel if I am murdered in the middle of [...]
By Janee Woods | Originally Published at AlterNet. September 12, 2014 | Image Racial Microaggressions by Kiyun, Fordham UniversityThere's a difference between feeling uncomfortable and being unsafe in black spaces. One month ago, the nation’s consciousness around race relations was awoken abruptly following the [...]
By Michelle Denise Jackson | Originally Published at For Harriet. September 11, 2014 | Photographic Credit; Shutterstock I have always been good at making people feel uncomfortable by being extremely vocal about my views on political and social issues. This has also led to quite a few [...]
We defer to cops even when they kill, and scapegoat schools for the ills America has given up on. This must change By Paul Rosenberg | Originally Published at Salon. September 10, 2014 | Matt Damon as Colin Sullivan in "The Departed" (Credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment Incorporated) [...]
Dear PS 220 White Teachers Who Wore NYPD T-Shirts To School... It must have seemed like a fantastic idea when, despite warnings from the United Federation of Teachers, you all donned NYPD shirts and crowded in front of a camera for a smirking group [...]
