Minneapolis police power structure stoops low
There is no doubt that this grieving mother, Marsha Mayes, did not do this on her own. And even if...
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There is no doubt that this grieving mother, Marsha Mayes, did not do this on her own. And even if...
People in Chicago were right to continue the protest during Black Friday over the killing of LaQuan McDonald by Chicago...
In a strange twist of events, elected officials and some Black folks that the Minneapolis power structure have appointed as...
The broken record that is police violence that sometimes leaves someone dead has reached a crescendo in Minneapolis with the...
There are so many things to take from the violent handling of an apparently disobedient South Carolina teen, including the...
Seeing that many Black folks in one place was good for the soul! That, alone, was reason to be there....
In a scene reminiscent of the U.S. government negotiating a treaty with an Indian nation (which they had no intention...
Somebody should whisper to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (the son of Indian immigrants), Senator Ted Cruz (who was born in...
Straight Outta Compton is as American as you can get. It’s a rags-to-riches story, a story of going from ghetto...
“Rot in Hell” read one sign at the recent protest at the dental clinic of Walter Palmer the now infamous...
The removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina state grounds is a little progress, and proof yet again...
My brothers and sisters at Emmanuel AME in Charlotte are gentle and loving souls, but they also represent the weakness...
They lied about “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” Somebody help me understand this paradox all over the country: The mainstream big...
Unlike King, who can smoothly be folded into an American narrative, if you cut and paste from his seemingly more...
News Analysis After going on a one-day strike, security officers from SEIU Local 26 came to a contract agreement with...
At first glance it may seem that Take Action Minnesota’s efforts to encourage companies, particularly the Target Corporation, to hire...
Since the Occupy movement began with the efforts of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, there have been questions about the...
We lost something last week, someone really great. We won’t be able to go to the store and replace what...
”I am innocent,” Troy Davis said moments before he was executed Wednesday night. ”All I can ask...is that you look...
Current construction along the CCLRT line -Photo by James L. Stroud, Jr. News Analysis “Where are the Black people?” has...
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