A white man is being held in a Sacramento jail after fatally running over a black man who was handing out food to the homeless. Joseph Paul Leonard Jr. did not hesitate to place blame the day he ran over and killed 34-year-old Toussaint Harrison on Arden Way.Ā
The following piece is from The Grio. It was written by Demetria Irwin. By: Demetria Irwin The āI donāt like mens no moreāĀ video has gone viral.Ā The almost seven-minute long clip purports to show a young man being ādeliveredā from homosexuality during the COGIC 107thĀ Holy Convocation. There are so many things wrong with this […]
Recently I attended a Q and A and screening session for Time Is ILLMATIC at The City College of New York, which is the documentary chronicling the events that lead up to Nasir Jones A.K.A. Nasās first album Illmatic from Director One9 and Writer Erik Parker. The feature length documentary, which opened the Tribeca Film […]
Lupita Nyong’o will be featured on next month’s cover ofĀ Glamour,Ā and the Academy Award-winning star is opening up about what some have said to her about her dark skin in her lifetime.Ā
The following piece is from The Root. It was written by Kali Gross. By: Kali Gross Your Take: With thousands of black women missing under suspicious circumstances, the recovery of a kidnapped Philadelphia is reason for celebration, but does it take a ‘good’ black victim to deserve such attention?
The following piece is from the Washington Post.Ā It was written by Lawrence Otis Graham. By: Lawrence Otis Graham I knew the day would come, but I didnāt know how it would happen, where I would be, or how I would respond. It is the moment that every black parent fears: the day their child […]
African American children are more likely to attend high-poverty schools than their white counterparts, according to a study released by the Urban Institute. The study also found that blacks of all socioeconomic classes live in higher-poverty neighborhoods than whites of similar income.
A group of local activists in Chicago called for an investigation into a series of fatal police shootings that took place in the city. Relatives of those killed staged a demonstration in front of the department’s headquarters.
The following piece is from Praxis. It was written by Dara Cooper. By: Dara Cooper This past November 2ndĀ was the 35thĀ anniversary of a day celebrated by many as Assata Shakur Liberation Day. It is the day former Black Panther Assata Shakur was liberated from a maximum-security prison, a day many acknowledge as a celebration […]
The following piece is from The New York Times. It was written by George Yancy and Naomi Zack. By: George Yancy and Naomi Zack This is the firstĀ in a series of interviews with philosophers on raceĀ that I am conducting for The Stone. This weekās conversation is with Naomi Zack, a professor of philosophy at […]
A man was shot and killed by police in a Chicago-area hospital early Monday. Christopher M. Anderson, 27, of Waukegan, pulled out a gun after becoming “aggressive” with hospital staff, according to police.Ā
The following piece is from The New York Times. It was written by Kenneth Rosen. By: Kenneth Rosen Born and raised in the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, Queens, the largest public housing development in the country, Derrick Lawson dreamed of a life outside the projects. Perhaps one day his interest in computers […]
