Maria Lloyd: Politicians Remain Silent On Gun Control As Black Children Continue To Die
by Maria Lloyd After reading the story of 17-year-old Jalen Stogner, who was shot and killed in front of his mother and his 4- and 11-year-old brothers at a laundromat in Chicago on Friday, I became angry. Not only am I angry with the killer, the rough neighborhood in which the victim was raised, and [...]
Maria Lloyd: Two Reasons Why 18-Year-Old Tony Farmer Should Not Go To Prison For Three Years
by Maria Lloyd The black community is up in arms following a judge’s decision to sentence 18-year-old Tony Farmer, a high school basketball star in Ohio, to prison for three years for physically abusing his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend, Andrea Lane, in her apartment complex. Judge Pamela Barker attributes Farmer’s violent rage caught on camera and his [...]
Maria Lloyd: Is Your Hair Keeping You Unemployed? Hampton University’s Business School Thinks So
by Maria Lloyd As an alum of an HBCU, I am embarrassed by the decision made to ban male students from wearing dreadlocks and cornrows at Hampton University’s School of Business. The school’s dean, Sid Credle, argues that the ban has been effective in helping students land corporate jobs and that they should look the part when [...]
Woman Writes Open Letter to Judge Who Sentenced Her Father to 15 Life Sentences for a Non-Violent First Offense
Dear Judge Marvin E. Aspen: It took me some time to address you because I didn’t know you were the source of my anger until recently. In case you care to know who I am, I’m Maria Lloyd- the daughter of Mario Lloyd, the non-violent, first-time offender from Chicago. You sentenced him to 15 life [...]
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