Nearly 150 years after the 13th amendment was ratified by three-fourths of the states, Mississippi has finally gotten around to officially banning slavery. Wow.
NYPD Detective Hassan Hamdy, who shot and killed unarmed National Guardsman Noel Palonco (Photo by Victor Alcom) Remember last week when the world was riveted by the exploits of ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner? Many felt that the support of Dorner’s quest to expose the corruption and racism in the LAPD was unwarranted because he killed innocent people. One author […]
Last week just before President Obama presented his fourth State of the Union address, authorities in California set fire to the cabin they believed Christopher Dorner had barricaded himself in. Dorner had avoided the LAPD for several days, using his military and police training to kill members or associates of LAPD or the county sheriff’s […]
Three University of Maryland students are dead after a murder-suicide on campus. So very tragic. Our thoughts are with the families who have suffered this great loss.
A chaotic, surreal standoff at a cabin in the mountains of Big Bear, CA may have brought an end to the nearly two week-long manhunt for ex LAPD officer Christopher Dorner.
As the manhunt for former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner rages on, a drone is reportedly being used to locate him. He is the first known human target of a drone on U.S. soil.
The search for Christopher Dorner, a former LAPD office and member of the US Armed Forces who had allegedly killed three people, continues. Dorner feels that he was wrongfully terminated from the LAPD in 2008 for reporting another officer’s brutality against a disabled suspect.
A group of CPS students gathered in honor of Hadiya Pendleton yesterday, and to draw attention to the gun violence many of them said threatens their own lives.
Below is an original poem I wrote after my childhood friend, Naomi Clyburn, was murdered in my hometown.
Parents, students, and activists from cities across the country confronted the U.S. Department of Education, asserting that widespread school closures violate the civil rights of minority youth. Where do you stand on this issue?
7 year-old Wilson Reyes was accused of stealing $5 from a classmate, and a scuffle ensued. Instead of being sent to the principal’s office, the NYPD took him to a police station, handcuffed Reyes to a wall, and interrogated him for hours.
Several people were arrested Sunday afternoon during a protest at the University of Chicago Medical Center. An estimated 50 protesters occupied the hospital, demanding that an adult trauma center be opened. There are no trauma centers on the South Side of Chicago.
