A mother’s plea for ambulance, results in the murder of her son as the city of brotherly love is outraged over another Black life taken by white cops Some say a mother’s love is one of the most powerful forces in the world — even the universe. The act of loving someone who came from […]
A MOTHER’S CRY ON CAM AND 14 BULLETS SHAKE PHILADELPHIA Read More »
Following O Magazine’s monumental cover with Breonna Taylor, the long-standing Conde Nast glossy tapped iconic Black artist Amy Sherald (previously best known for her portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama) to paint a portrait of Taylor
In honor of the revolutionary’s birthday, race essayist Dr. Cynthia Alease was tasked with addressing his ideas, and her connection with them as an educator and Black woman. She doesn’t hold back, and we think Mr. Garvey wouldn’t have it any other way. I can be described as not an ordinary anti-racism essayist and educator,
OpEd Marcus Garvey: Putting the Dichotomy and Redundancy of My Ambivalence Aside Read More »
Ever since she recently posted a commentary on social media regarding Social Security and its potential demise under the Trump administration, Dr. Cynthia Alease Smith received several post comments with attachments that speak about “solvency” and “insolvency” of the Social Security system. These comments explain, mostly by implication, how it is virtually impossible for Americans
OpEd Social Security Solvency, the Gaslight Argument and My Special Kind of Stupid Read More »
If your ancestors came over to this Country, immigrated to America from some other shore after the Enslavement, then this essay is not for you unless you are genuinely interested in reading about how white supremacy in America is controlling the very people who believe that they actually have power in this country by virtue
OpEd For White People Who Don’t Know Who is Really in Charge (Or Who Think They Are) Read More »
In a unanimous vote of 7–0, the city of Asheville, N.C. voted during a council meeting on July 14th approving a reparations resolution for Black residents which account for 12 percent of the city — 83 percent of the city is white Apologizing for its role in slavery, the city of Asheville approved the resolution
Reparations Have… Come? In North Carolina, Yes and No Read More »
Inclusivity, inclusion, and inclusive are terms which are used as a part of the same phraseology as the word, “diversity,” and are exploited to both denote and connote a new kind of opening up of something once exclusive, perhaps a new, integrative form in American culture from the 20th Century attempts at assimilation. The root
White people rationalize all sorts of reasons why there are more of us in jail, unemployed and not in the labor force at all. They rationalize for themselves the motivations they have decided are why Black people are being killed at the hands of police. To them, it is in our character to be what
OpEd Rationalizations: A Discussion About the Red S on a Black Chest Read More »
As Breonna Taylor continues to trend across the nation, a call for justice remains the outcry in protests and rallies throughout the country and now worldwide. New audio originally obtained by NBC, reveals conflicting reports on major details having to do with her murder “I’m trying to protect her,” Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker said. New
New Audio Interviews Reveal Conflicting Reports in Breonna Taylor Case Read More »
As tensions continue to rise throughout the country, another Black life is lost, this time, Oluwatoyin Salau while elsewhere, a fraternal order of the police seeks to hire cops throughout the country who’ve been fired due to excessive force. Florida, you’ve got some explaining to do When Black Lives Matter activist Oluwatoyin Salau, 19, shared