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 [...]
“If Loving You is Wrong….” Man Arrested for Refusing to Leave His Partner’s Bedside
Love is a powerful thing, no matter who shares it. This might be the lesson learned from an incident in Missouri this week, where a man was arrested for refusing to leave the bedside of his partner. Police are saying that the ill man’s family asked him to leave, and he refused to do [...]
Moynihan Revisited and the Ongoing Black-Poverty Debate
African Americans are still impoverished nearly 30 years after a controversial report inspired the phrase “blaming the victim,” Kenneth Braswell writes at Ebony. A few weeks ago, Fathers Incorporated, Open Society Foundations Campaign for Black Male Achievement and the Urban Institute held a research forum to reexamine a controversial report by the Department [...]
New York Fire Commissioner’s Son Resigns Over Racist Tweets
If you’re the son of a high profile New York official, that usually means that you should keep your nose pretty clean. One thing you certainly shouldn’t do is fire off a bunch of racist tweets about Jewish people and African-Americans. But that’s exactly what FDNY Commissioner Salvatore Cassano’s son, Joseph Cassano, did in his [...]
Kiss Me, I’m 1/16 Irish: African-, Irish-, and the Hyphenated-Americans
Years ago, I spent Saint Patrick’s Day in an Irish pub singing ditties with a restaurant full of my newest friends — and left feeling a little green with envy. The Irish-American traditions and fare were in full swing and exposed me to a culture I’d never really considered while growing up in [...]
White Woman Takes “Baby Photos” Of 13-Year Old Black Son, Photos Go Viral
By Darron Smith Kelli Higgins is a white woman, a photographer, who adopted 13-year old Latrell as a teenager. Latrell is a young African American boy transracially adopted by Kelli and her husband. When Kelli decided to take pictures of her son, she had no idea the reactions that they would evoke. “I put them [...]
Captain Who Helped Fire Chris Dorner Hasn’t Left the House, in Fear for His Family
Captain Phil Tingirides was the chair of a panel that decided to fire fugitive former police officer Christopher Dorner. Dorner explains exactly what the panel did and why we should be suspicious of their motives. The captain has stated that he is in fear for his family and is refusing to leave the house. If [...]
Why Nobody’s Paying Attention to Black Folks These Days, Including Our So-Called Leaders
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford “The Black Misleadership Class has no intention of taking any position that might discomfort this president or reveal their own impotence.” While the Congressional Hispanic Caucus met at the White House to press for immigration reform, on January 25, traditional Black organizations gathered at Washington’s Mayflower Hotel to further [...]
Hadiya Pendleton’s Funeral: No Easy Answer for Obama
Writing at his website, Earl Ofari Hutchinson weighs in on the debate surrounding whether President Obama should attend the funeral of the 15-year-old girl who was gunned down on the South Side of Chicago soon after performing at his inaugural festivities. The clamor continues for President Obama to attend the funeral of 15 year [...]
Solving Poverty: Atlanta in Black and Green, the Tale of Two Cities
As I noted in another ‘Solving Poverty’ piece for The Huffington Post, the new racism today is actually poverty. Yes, it feels really bad if a racist calls you a highly offensive name, but it is completely un-dignifying when you cannot pay your rent, make your mortgage payment, or you find that your car has [...]
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