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America Was Founded on White Supremacist Violence. Dismantling It Requires a Shift in How We Approach Racism and Hate

May 18, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Saturday’s massacre of ten people at a supermarket in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo is not an anomaly. The rhetoric and hate that informed the murderous rage of 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron is not an anomaly. Gendron is the product of generations of hate and fear. He is the product of a country that would prioritize civility and fake gestures on important days of reflection. […]

Elderly Black Women Among Victims Of Racist Mass Shooting At Buffalo Supermarket

May 18, 2022 Carma Henry 0

At least four elderly Black women and one former police officer are among the fatal victims in Saturday’s racist mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Their names and others who were slain in the shooting apparently motivated by white supremacist hatred were slowly being made public in the hours after the massacre at Tops Friendly Market located in a low-income Black community. […]

Abortion Rights Activists Swarm National Mall, Other Locations

May 18, 2022 Carma Henry 0

The groups at the National Mall and other locations included men, women and children who chanted, sang, and voiced their displeasure over the high court’s draft opinion, and abortion bans and restrictions that have cropped up in many Republican-led states. […]

Finding the Light to Drive Out Hate

May 18, 2022 Carma Henry 0

“Hate always terrorizes. That’s the intention. As an African American woman who came of age during the Civil Rights era, I know at heart how hate works to harm some and paralyze or, at least, to immobilize others. But movement is life. It’s certainly the way forward if Democracy is to survive and its aspirational tenets of equality are to be actualized. This is why we must see hateful acts, and their progenitors, hate speech on all forms of media, as threats to our collective health, well-being and future existence. […]

Erica Loewe Helping to Open Doors for Black Press, Others at White House

May 18, 2022 Carma Henry 0

In Loewe’s all-too-important job as director of African American media, she has ensured that the Black Press and other media of color have enjoyed unprecedented access to the White House and top administration and cabinet officials. […]

Formerly Incarcerated People Deserve Second Chances. “I’m Living Proof.”

May 18, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Last month was Second Chance Month, so I’ve been thinking a lot about the barriers facing justice-involved people and what having a second chance really means for a formerly incarcerated, first-generation, Black, male college student, like me. In fact, I ponder this question every day, since my reality as a Black man is complicated by a criminal record. […]

Fayetteville State University Receives $2.3M To Advance STEM Initiatives

May 12, 2022 Carma Henry 0

The $2.3 million grant will go towards the creation of scholarships […]

Former First Lady Michelle Obama Announces Plans For Museum Exhibit Inspired By Her Mother Marian Robinson

May 12, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Former first lady Michelle Obama has credited her mother Marian Robinson as a source of empowerment and strength, and she’s honoring the matriarch of her family in a special way in celebration of Mother’s Day. Obama has unveiled plans to create a museum exhibit as an ode to Robinson. […]

After 1 million deaths, covid leaves millions more forever changed

May 11, 2022 Carma Henry 0

One million dead: The U.S. death toll from the covid-19 pandemic will hit that unfathomable number this week, and yet there is a far larger number that reflects the true impact this virus has had on Americans over the past two years. That number is 9 million — the number of Americans who have lost spouses, parents, grandparents, siblings and children to covid. […]

President Biden Announces Clemency and Pardons for 78 People, Details New Steps for Criminal Justice Reform

May 11, 2022 Carma Henry 0

“Helping those who served their time return to their families and become contributing members of their communities is one of the most effective ways to reduce recidivism and decrease crime,” Biden stated. […]