School districts across the country are suddenly wrestling with the same question: Should police officers be in schools? In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, Minneapolis schools cut their contract with the local police department. Then Portland did. Then Denver. A majority of the Oakland school board members say they will, too, while Chicago’s school Read More…
Injustice – Black Family Stopped for Tinted Windows And Kids Taken In Georgia On Feb 17, the parents were driving to a funeral in Chicago when Highway Patrol officers in rural Coffee County, Tennessee, pulled them over. Apparently, they had “dark tint[ed windows] and traveling in the left lane while not actively passing,” according to Read More…
The Justice Department and eight states filed an antitrust suit against Google on Tuesday, seeking to shatter its alleged monopoly on the entire ecosystem of online advertising as a hurtful burden to advertisers, consumers and even the U.S. government. The government alleges that Google’s plan to assert dominance has been to “neutralize or eliminate” rivals Read More…
How The Black Panthers Got Their Start – Policing The Police Members of the Black Panthers line up at a rally at DeFremery Park in Oakland, Calif Courtesy of Stephen Shames and Firelight Media Nearly 50 years ago, in 1966, a group of six black men in Oakland, Calif., came together in an effort to Read More…
Meet Jaylen Smith, an 18-year-old college freshman, who became the youngest Black mayor in U.S. history after being elected mayor in the town of Earle, Arkansas. Smith has been elected mayor of Earle, a small town in Arkansas with a population of 1,831. He reportedly received 235 votes while his opponent, Nemi Matthews, Read More…
Twisting the Night Away By Lucius Gantt I felt sorry for President Joe Biden’s Press secretary when conservative journalists badgered her about government documents found at Biden’s home and his old office. They asked the same or similar questions over and over and it seemed to frustrate the African American press secretary. She’ll never ask Read More…
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