Republicans are always looking to pad diversity on its public image. We all saw just how far they were willing to go in appointing Michael Steele as the Chair of the party. The Republicans are holding their National Convention next week, and they’ve found another, albeit small way to show that they’re an all inclusive …
Photo by Tunde Salisbury By Sable Verity It never matters how tired I am of writing about young Black men being gunned down in Seattle’s streets. It seems we can only manage to have a few weeks pass by before another incident happens, and I am back here, trying to find words that will give …
That black people have transcended racism and are now victims of their own deplorable culture as well as just plain old laziness. And somehow we are looking into the past and using this as an excuse as a reason for our lack of jobs, healthcare, wealth and our over representation in the legal system.
The following is from http://www.lavenajohnson.com/2007/03/cover-up-of-soldiers-death.html We all need to know more about this young woman and how she died. Once upon a time lived a young woman from a St. Louis suburb. She was an honor roll student, she played the violin, she donated blood and volunteered for American Heart Association walks. She elected …
This local story from Indiana, headlined “Parents cry foul about sentences: White co-defendant gets no prison time, biracial one gets 8 years,” reports on a worrisome example of sentencing disparity. Here are the basics: A wide gap in the punishments of two 19-year-olds who pleaded guilty to the same crime under similar circumstances has, in …