SWAT teams in Brunswick, Georgia are searching door-to-door for two boys – 10 and 15 years-old – accused of killing a 13 month-old baby, and wounding his mother.
 On Monday, Jada Pinkett Smith offered a question to her Facebook followers trying to prompt conversation around the topic of whether or not black women should be willing to allow white women to grace the covers of Black magazines such as Essence. She asks:  With love and respect to all parties involved, my question is […]
Two NYPD whistleblowers have testified that abuse of the Stop and Frisk program was propelled by a quota system, in which officers were pressured to make a certain amount of stops per month. They;ve since been harrassed and labeled as ‘rats’ by fellow officers.
The NYPD is now requiring officers to run criminal background checks on both the accused and the victim of domestic violence. Domestic violence is already an under-reported crime. Wouldn’t such a policy dissuade victims from reporting incidents of abuse?
On Wednesday, the mother of slain 16 year-old Kimani Gray spoke out for the first time since the tragic shooting of her son: âHe was slaughtered,â Gray told a room filled with reporters, the AP reports. âAnd I want to know why.â
Hundreds gathered in Brooklyn for a second night of protests over the killing fo 16 year-old Kimani Gray by the NYPD. Protesters chanted “NYPD / KKK / How many kids will you kill today.”
Former staff members of The Onion have denounced CEO Steve Hannah’s decision to apologize for an offensive tweet about QuvenzhanĂ© Wallis, arguing that it has compromised the staff’s editorial freedom. Do they have a point, or are they missing the point?
What I’m saying is that there is a fine line between policing self-expression/controlling a child and protecting a child. You don’t have to be controlling to set boundaries and protect your child. Contrary to popular belief, self-expression is a right.
Maya Angelou recent interview: âI continue to say to young people, You are cared for,â she said. âThey are worth everything. Women are better than being called the âbâ word, and blacks are better than being called the ânâ word.â
49 year-old Tonya Battles alleges that a hospital in Michigan granted a man’s request that no black nurses care for his newborn. Hospital supervisors say the man was openly white supremacist, and that they feared for the nurses’ safety.
Comedian Lisa Lampanelli is embroiled in controversy after using the word nigga in a tweet last week. She has defended herself on the grounds that “nigga” and “nigger” are two different words, and that context matters. Thoughts?
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 […]
