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Ex-Green Beret admits political assassination plot by UAE and American soldiers
A former Green Beret revealed to Buzzfeed News that he engaged in conspiracies to assassinate various figures in Yemen as directed by the United Arab Emirates government. A botched assassination of Anssaf Ali Mayo, the leader of the Islamist political party Al-Islah, considered by the UAE to be a terrorist organization, exposed the use of […]
I need white people to control their guns AND their sons
by Anonymous Response from the masses to recent mass shootings are, yet again, an avoidance of white violence and racism. In the wake of the shooting event at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Florida, citizens and elected officials have reignited the gun-control debate. Central to the debate is the accessibility of semi-automatic rifles—the weapons […]
Mass. Mayor Refuses Local Police Request To Take Down Black Lives Matter Sign
The mayor in Sommerville, MA is currently in conflict with the local police union after denying their request to remove a Black Lives Matter sign from city hall that’s been there for almost a year.
Sybrina Fulton pins open letter to Michael Brown’s parents
Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, has written an open letter to the family of Michael Brown, the teenager who was killed by Darren Wilson, a member of the Ferguson (Mo.) police department. In the letter published on TIME.com on Monday, Fulton offers her support and advice during this difficult time.
This HBCU is 90% white
You would think that most of a Historically Black Colleges and University’s (HBCUs) student population would mainly consist of African-American students. But there are some HBCUs where blacks make up just a small amount of the student body population. Bluefield State College is one of them.
Conversations We Are Not Having: Black Reparations is About Much More Than Slavery
By: William Darity Jr., Duke University The excellent recent article by Ta-Nehisi Coates in The Atlantic has rejuvenated the national conversation over reparations for black Americans. One of the most impressive aspects of Coates’ article is his emphasis on events and conditions during the 20th century as the basis for black reparations.
Bakari Kitwana: Our Enemy is White Supremacy
“The verdict didn’t come as a surprise to me…Politicized by America’s attitude toward Black men throughout my entire life, I have never received any social cues from my childhood years into adulthood that this nation values the lives of Black men, or Black life in general.”