Why Would a Superintendent Say that the Race of a Teacher Doesn’t Matter in an Inner City School?
By: Randy R. Miller, MPA High School Teacher and Author When it comes to my job as a teacher in an inner-city, there are very few things that bother me. However, the one thing that does is the reality that within my school district, I am the only African American teacher in any of our high [...]
Back to Birmingham
Today, the 45-year anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., is a good time to remember the historic events in Birmingham that started 50 years ago in that city which became the crucible of the civil rights crusade King led in the middle of the 20th century. And on that date [...]
Michigan Gov. Appoints Kevyn Orr as Detroit’s Emergency Financial Manager
The governor of Michigan decided that the elected leadership of Detroit didn’t know how to manage the city’s financial crisis and chose to appoint an emergency financial manager. And although that has been common knowledge for quite some time, what wasn’t apparent was who Gov. Snyder was going to appoint to the position. On Thursday [...]
Chicago’s Murder Rate Now Outpaces That of Al Capone’s ‘Gangland’ Era
If you want to know how out of control violence is in Chicago, just consider that the city’s murder rate now outpaces that of Al Capone’s ‘Gangland’ era, one of the most notorious crime eras in history. In Chicago, there were 506 murders in 2012, an increase of 17 percent from the previous year. As [...]
The disclosure Wednesday that Leonard Fleming, Detroit News city hall reporter, was removed from his beat after allegations that he was having an affair with the ex-wife of state Treasurer Andy Dillon and threatened to kill her sent rival news organizations to court records for the order of personal protection granted the woman on Jan. 10. The [...]
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Implements Sweeping Laws to Curb the Abuse of Pain Killers
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has launched a campaign to curb addictive and deadly painkiller abuse in the city, Thursday, January 10. Bloomberg said that the abuse of painkillers “has increased alarmingly over the years” and that drugs and narcotics are often most talked about, so people overlooked the abuse of painkillers. A [...]
How the Government Poisoned Liquor During Prohibition, Killing Thousands
It was Christmas Eve 1926, the streets aglitter with snow and lights, when the man afraid of Santa Claus stumbled into the emergency room at New York City’s Bellevue Hospital. He was flushed, gasping with fear: Santa Claus, he kept telling the nurses, was just behind him, wielding a baseball bat. Before hospital staff realized [...]
Chicago Cop Admits to Drinking “Multiple” Beers Before Gunning Down Man Holding Cellphone
Chicago Police officer Gildardo Sierra has been placed on desk duty after admitting to drinking “multiple” beers prior to shooting and killing 29-year-old Flint Farmer in June 2011. Chicago Police claimed Farmer “pulled an object from his pocket, which the officer believed to be a handgun, and aggressively came at the officer.” Farmer was holding [...]
Detroit Mayor Echoes Republicans, Says Workers Think They are “Entitled” to a Job
In an interview with CNN, Detroit Mayor Bing sounded more like a Republican than a Democrat when discussing his cash strapped city. Bing’s comments were directed at city workers, who he feels have unreal expectations. “We are in an environment, I think, of entitlement, we’ve got a lot of people who are city workers, who for [...]
Julianne Malveaux Says that Inequality Must Be Confronted
** Author’s Note: In my column “IF YOU DON’T LIKE DISPARITIES, TRY EQUALITY” I erroneously restated a comment I heard during a “think tank” at Rodham Institute. I was extremely remiss in not fact checking this statement. In communicating with Howard University, the facts are that of the 120 students admitted in Howard University’s [...]
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