Harvard Faculty Approve Dissertation Stating that Latino Immigrants are Intellectually Inferior to Whites
Sometimes, when you use enough fancy words and have a Harvard name behind you, people are willing to accept utter nonsense as a form of scholarship. Harvard, the school that rarely hires African American, Native American or Latino faculty in nearly any department, is able to escape the obvious allegation of being racially-exclusive primarily because [...]
Falling Far from the Tree: Thurgood Marshall Jr. Sits on the Board for the Corrections Corporations of America
By Kim Moore This serves as both an open letter to Thurgood Marshall Jr, a PSA for those who didn’t know about his appointment to CCA and a reminder about mass incarceration, and the overrepresentation of black men in prison. It came as a complete and utter shock to discover yesterday that Thurgood Marshall Jr, [...]
Leo Alexander: I was an Obama Kool-Aid Drinker, Now I Just Can’t Do It Anymore
by Leo Alexander I drunk the Kool-Aid too back in ’08. I fell in love with the symbolism of a black family in the White House. I believed in his campaign slogan of “Hope and Change” and his story of being a biracial, Harvard educated, community organizer in the ghettoes of Chicago. I was the [...]
Dr. Wilmer Leon: Barack Obama’s Opaque Transparency
By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III “We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency… Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.” President Barack Obama – The White House.gov Over the past few weeks the Obama administration has been embroiled in a number [...]
Fatherlessness Causes Depression in Women – The Importance of a Strong Male Role Model
With fatherless homes being such a serious problem in the African American community, it is important that we know that psychological impact that this problem has on children. The growth of the prison industrial complex and the War on Drugs has caused serious problems with missing fathers and experts are speaking out on the [...]
Min. Louis Farrakhan Turns 80, Russell Simmons and Others Talk about His Impact
(FinalCall.com) – Chronicling the vast local, national and global impact of the nearly 60 years of consistent service, spiritual guidance and uncompromising advocacy for justice and truth exemplified by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan is both undeniable and quantifiable. Decades of fierce opposition fueled by lies, false propaganda and misunderstanding has failed to slow [...]
Dr. Byron Price Works to Kill the School-to-Prison Pipeline
There’s a disturbing trend taking place in our public schools, especially in high poverty neighborhoods – where hallways and grounds are patrolled by police and disciplinary problems are no longer handled by counseling and detention but by suspension and arrest. Known as the school-to-prison pipeline, the trend is turning our adolescent students into criminals at [...]
Julianne Malveaux: At Last
by Julianne Malveaux When Beyonce Knowles sang the Etta James song “At Last” at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration, the song could have had several meanings. At last we have an African American President? At last, the muscle of the Black vote has been flexed? At last, there is some hope for our country to [...]
Lead Republicans Predicting Obama Will be Impeached for Benghazi Cover-Up
Republicans are pushing for the impeachment of President Barack Obama over the disaster at Benghazi. They are claiming that the White House’s efforts to cover up what happened there are worse than Watergate and worthy of seeking impeachment of the president. But one person who is not on board with this strategy is Senator [...]
Inmate Who Studied Law and Secured His Own Release Discusses Recent Crack Cocaine Ruling
Darrell Padgett speaks to Dr. Boyce Watkins about the recent court ruling on the crack-to-powder disparity. Click to listen.
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