Pres. Obama Compared Fight in a Gay Bar to Selma March for Civil Rights
Whether you agree with it or not, gay is the new black. President Obama’s comments about gay rights during his recent inauguration speech didn’t go without notice. But what you might have missed is the president’s comparison of a fight in a gay bar in 1969 to the historic civil rights march in Selma, Alabama. [...]
Former Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley Wrote Letter to KKK, It Reads: “Kiss My @ss”
Most politicians make it their business to kiss the @ss of whatever constituency requires an @ss kissing at any given moment. That’s the norm. What we’re not accustomed to, however, is a politician telling a particular constituency to kiss his or her @ss. But that’s exactly what former Alabama Attorney General did in a letter [...]
Congressional Black Caucus Lashes Out at Black Democrat Turned Republican, Artur Davis
Nobody likes a turncoat. Everyone watched as former Senator Alen Specter, a Republican who became a Democrat in 2009, was defeated after his party switch. So no one should be surprised at how Artur Davis, a black Democrat who recently switched to become a Republican, is being treated by his former Democratic colleagues. Not surprisingly, [...]
Police Say Car Full of Black Men Gunned Down Woman After She Confronted Them About Speeding
A 40 year old woman was fatally shot on Saturday after she confronted a car full of black men about speeding through her mobile Alabama neighborhood, according to police. The incident allegedly took place at around 6PM on Saturday. The woman, Wendy Fisher, was shot in the chest, according to police spokeswoman Ashley Rains. Rains says [...]
Vulture Firms Get Rich Off Probation Fees While Poor People Go to Jail
by Yvette Carnell Punishment in America isn’t about recovery or redemption, far from it. The criminal justice system in America is just another scheme that private companies are using to get rich. The prison system is already awash with private prison companies that get taxpayer dollars to feed prisoners less. Now, according to a New York Times article, probation [...]
Supreme Court Rules Life in Prison Without Parole For Juveniles is Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to sentence juveniles to life in prison without parole for murder. Prosecutors can no longer throw juveniles in jail for the rest of their lives with no shot at ever gaining their freedom. The 5-4 decision is consistent with other Supreme Court decisions, including ruling out [...]
Farrakhan: “Jesus Was a Black Muslim”
Nation of Islam head Louis Farrakhan made an appearance Tuesday at Alabama A&M University where he said Jesus was a black Muslim. “If Elijah was at the door and he was black, you would call 911 and say there’s a n****r at the door, claiming he’s Elijah! Send the police!” exclaimed Farrakhan, then explained that it [...]
Rick Santorum wins Alabama, leads in Mississippi Republican presidential primaries
Rick Santorum won the Alabama primary Tuesday night and clung to a lead over Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney in Mississippi, deeply conservative Southern crossroads in the struggle for the Republican presidential nomination. “We’re on our way to victory tonight; we’re on our way to victory in this election,†exulted Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator [...]
Poll: 69% of Americans want to outlaw super PACs
Americans aren’t in love with super PACs, the new independent groups transforming the 2012 presidential election. Nearly seven in 10 Americans say super PACs should be illegal, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll. The strong feelings toward these groups are bipartisan, the poll shows. Seventy percent of Democrats and 55% of Republicans want to [...]
Unsung Hero Speaks to America About Voting Rights Act
Jerome Gray — a slightly-built, soft-spoken Alabamian,spoke plainly but compellingly about the Voting Rights Act on the pages of this past Sunday’s New York Times. His words boom passionately to America as the U.S. Supreme Court debates the future of the pre-clearance provision of that civil rights legislation. Interestingly, however, Jerome Gray is virtually unknown [...]
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