In the 1950s, some U.S. scientists warned that, without immediate action, the Soviet Union would control the earth’s thermometers Matt Novak REPRINT FROM December 5, 2011 On November 13, 1946, pilot Curtis Talbot, working for the General Electric Research Laboratory, climbed to an altitude of 14,000 feet about 30 miles east of Schenectady, New York. Read More…
‘Crying for their parents’: More than 900 children died at Indian boarding schools, U.S. report finds Afederal investigation has confirmed that more than 900 American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian children perished in U.S. government boarding schools from 1819 to 1969, acknowledging that the actual toll is undoubtedly higher and recommending an official apology. “Based on Read More…
Ronald Greene’s family awaits justice from the feds In this image from the body camera of Louisiana State trooper Dakota DeMoss, his colleagues, Kory York (center left) and Chris Hollingsworth (center right), hold up Ronald Greene before paramedics arrived May 10, 2019, outside of Monroe, La. An autopsy ordered by the FBI listed “prone restraint” Read More…
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…
As innocent Black men wait in prison to be exonerated, their families share the toll Wrongful convictions have long-lasting consequences spanning generations — and Black families are affected the most. Tomekia Hicks-Gaskins was 29 when her brother, Termaine Hicks, went to prison for a rape he did not commit. She was 48 when he was Read More…
The Gantt Report – Racist Rhetoric By Lucius Gantt It has been said that I have a way with words. More than a few newspaper publishers have suggested that I write things that may be on the minds of many African Americans that they are reluctant to express. I’m just happy that I don’t have Read More…
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