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 [...]
Critics Say Boston Bombings are Nothing Compared to Drone Violence by US Government
Some might consider it unpatriotic to reflect on US violence around the world as a reaction to the bombings that occurred at the Boston Marathon this week. After all, no one knows who did what, so it’s a stretch to believe that the bombings could be retaliation for US foreign policy. But Glenn Greenwald [...]
More Terrorism? Envelope with Deadly Poison Arrives to US Capitol
Fresh off the bombing that took place this week at the Boston Marathon, yet another terrorist attack has occurred. This one was thwarted, but officials say that they intercepted a package containing the deadly poison ricin at the US Capitol this week. The poisonous package was found at an off-site facility, according to law enforcement. [...]
Dr. Julianne Malveaux Says Obama Should Follow the Catholic Church’s Lead on Diversity
by Dr. Julianne Malveaux The selection of Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the next leader of the Catholic Church was, in some ways, inevitable. Latin America is home to the largest Catholic population in the world, and it has been more than overtime for the tradition of selecting European popes [...]
Losing Access to Sisterhood: Tomboys, Masculinity, and the Unmaking of a Girl
When I woke up to International Women’s Daycelebrations this past weekend, the first thing on my mind wasn’t politics, but the personal connections I didn’t know I would forfeit the minute I stopped wearing skirts, traded in my long hair for a frohawk, and fell in love with a woman. I used to have [...]
Is the pressure to be perfect Christians undermining the church?
“You’re a Christian, right?” a friend asked me recently. Years ago, I would have given a knee-jerk, “Of course!” However these days, I find myself offering a long explanation, one that lays out my internal conflict with claiming Christianity without sounding like Judas. I believe in God, pray multiple times daily — [...]
Digitizing Love
It’s no secret that navigating the treacherous terrain of modern day dating is becoming an increasingly strenuous task. Traditional courting has been almost completely replaced by texting, Instagram comments and disappearing Snapchats. Once regarded as fodder for science fiction novels, the highly digitized 21st century dating world is here, and it’s completely [...]
Christopher Dorner And His Racial Identity
By Darron Smith The recent events surrounding Christopher Dorner and his troubles with allegations of institutional racism embedded within the LAPD as well as his seeming struggles with his racial identity, as he articulated in his manifesto, are sobering. Racial identity is shaped by beliefs and attitudes and is believed to be part of self-concept, [...]
4 years into Obama era, a complicated state of our union
President Obama is likely to say America is “getting stronger” as he did last year, or use some other optimistic phrase when he delivers his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday. But four years into the tenure of the first black president, the true state of our union is complicated. The [...]
Lessons: Boston and the Human Spirit
At the Huffington Post, Binta Niambi Brown shares excerpts from her correspondence to friends this week that reveal reasons to rejoice in humanity’s endurance. Some have said this week that we are forever changed — that Boston will never be the same again. Others have countered that saying, we will recover, that we are [...]
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