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 [...]
The US Has More People in Prison Than Corrupt Dictator Joseph Stalin Had in His Gulags
If you’re not aware of the infamous Joseph Stalin and his gulags in Soviet Russia, just consider him to be one of the first leaders to realize the economic benefits of incarcerating a large percentage of your population. Stalin was notorious for telling leaders of various villages to meet incarceration quotas at any cost, all [...]
Ben Jealous Says There Should Be No Second Class Families
By Benjamin Todd Jealous African Americans have spent much of our history fighting for equal treatment. Just two generations ago, our parents and our grandparents were banned from eating at certain restaurants, attending certain schools, and working in certain professions. So it is not difficult to empathize with the struggle of immigrants in our country. [...]
Julianne Malveaux: A Flawed Immigration Reform Bill
by Dr. Julianne Malveaux The Senate’s Gang of Eight have put together an 844 page monstrosity known as the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, legislation that President Obama says he “basically approves” of. The crafters of this essentially unreadable bill was put together by Senators d**k Durbin (Illinois), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chuck [...]
Al Sharpton Accused of Helping Lead FBI to Assata Shakur
The Rev. and the Fugitive Sharpton tried to set up Chesimard, activists say By Ron Howell, Newsday, Friday 21 October 1988 The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has worked as a federal informant, tried to set up a meeting with black fugitive radical JoAnne Chesimard in 1983, according to activists who said they were approached by [...]
FBI’s Most Wanted Assata Shakur’s Open Letter to the Pope
You might know that activist Assata Shakur was recently added to the FBI’s most-wanted terrorist list. The agency is offering a $1 million dollar reward for her capture, and the state of New Jersey has added another $1 million. Shakur is the first woman to ever make this list and the second domestic “terrorist” to [...]
Professors Prescribe “Baby Bonds” To Deal with the Racial Wealth Gap
Cutting social security benefits is under consideration once again as the US Congress and the White House hurtle toward a full embrace of austerity. The rationale they offer is the professed bankruptcy of the social security system. Undoubtedly, reducing benefits from a program that keeps an estimated 40 percent of elderly Americans out of poverty [...]
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 [...]
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