The New York Times An examination of traffic stops and arrests in Greensboro, N.C., uncovered wide racial differences in measure after measure of police conduct. By Sharon LaFraniere and Andrew W. Lehren October 24, 2015 As most of America now knows, those pervasive doubts about the police mirror those of millions […]
Loray Muhammad
The New York Times By Gina Kolata November 2, 2015 Something startling is happening to middle-aged white Americans. Unlike every other age group, unlike every other racial and ethnic group, unlike their counterparts in other rich countries, death rates in this group have been rising, not falling. That finding was reported […]
Death Rates Rising for Middle-Aged White Americans, Study Finds
By Campbell Robertson The New York Times, October 19, 2015 Excerpts from article Marion, Ala.- Judge Marvin Wiggins’s courtroom was packed on a September morning. The docket listed hundreds of offenders who owed fines or fees for a wide variety of crimes-hunting after dark,assault, drug possession and passing bad […]
For Offenders Who Can’t Pay, It’s a Pint of Blood ...
Excerpt from New York Times Article By Fraidy Reiss October 13, 2015 In the United States today, thousands of children under 18 have recently taken marital vows- mostly girls to adult men, often with the approval from local judges. In at least one case, a 10-year-old boy was legally married. […]
America’s Child-Marriage Problem
By Julie K. Brown Miami Herald October 15, 2015 Excerpts from article A coalition of 14 human rights groups on Thursday called for a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into Florida state prisons, contending that “immediate intervention” is necessary to stop the widespread abuse, neglect, torture and deaths of inmates in the Florida […]
Florida Prisons Torture, neglect,death: Human rights groups urge feds to ...
Deadly Force: Police Use of Lethal Force In The United States Excerpts from June 18, 2015 Report Key findings of the report include: All 50 states and DC fail to comply with international standards on the use of lethal force by law enforcement officers, which require that lethal force should […]
Deadly Force: Police Use of Lethal Force In The United ...
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs Friday, July 31, 2015 Justice Department Releases Findings of Constitutional Violations in Juvenile Delinquency Matters by St. Louis County Family Court The Justice Department found that the family court fails to provide constitutionally required due process to children appearing for delinquency proceedings, and […]
Justice Department Releases Findings of Constitutional Violations in Juvenile Delinquency ...
The Confederate Flag is not the issue in Black America. The issues facing Blacks in America is the systematic, institutional racism which is woven into the fabric of American society. Blacks in the northern states, fare no better than Blacks in the south. Blacks that reside in states where the […]
The Confederate Flag
Frederick Douglass In 1852, Fourth of July Celebration Fellow-citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here to-day? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and national justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, […]
Frederick Douglass In 1852, Fourth of July Celebration
There can be no genuine Conversation on Race in America due to Denial. Denial- A refusal to comply with a request. A refusal to acknowledge the truth of a statement. A repudiation :disavowal. Self -denial : abstinence. Deniable –Possible to declare untrue. Source: Webster’s II Dictionary Office Edition Copyright 2005 Failure to […]