Opinions
The Incendiary President is Killing America
The Incendiary President is Killing America […]
Month: June 2020
Opinions
We Can’t Let This Moment Pass
By U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) This week, I convened a bipartisan group of Senators to read aloud Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “A Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” This was the second year […]
Opinions
ONE BAD APPLE SPOILS THE BARREL
Nationwide protests arising from Chauvin’s killing of Mr. Floyd were met with the usual minimalist argument from the Minneapolis Police Department declaring that Chauvin was just “one bad apple.” The problem with using this adage when referencing police behavior is that no one ever quotes it fully. The saying is: “One bad apple spoils the barrel.” […]
Opinions
Words Are Not Enough
The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) shares the anguish, frustration, and anger in our Black communities across the country. The disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic creating sickness and death in our community has been a heavy burden. The massive unemployment caused by the pandemic shutdown added another burden. The senseless murder of George Floyd proved to be the last straw, and Black people took to the streets across this country to say, “Enough is enough – Black Lives Matter!” […]
Religion
Woman says she’s found family’s final resting place under a Miccosukee Greenway trail James Call
After trained dogs found unmarked graves, 72-year-old Gloria Jefferson Anderson went home and looked into the eyes of a photograph of her dad. Then she began to cry. […]
Local News
Black Workers More Likely to Face Retaliation for Raising Coronavirus Concerns
For instance, Amazon fired Black and brown workers who have organized to demand more substantial health and safety protections. Thousands of Instacart workers, many of whom are women of color, are reportedly waiting for face masks and hand sanitizer promised months ago. Three out of four Black workers who took the survey said they showed up to work during the pandemic even though they believed they might have been seriously risking their health or the health of family members. Less than half of White workers said they had done the same. […]
Local News
Beyond Justice
Beyond Justice […]
National News
A Dangerous Limbo: Probation and Parole in the Time of COVID-19
Seven months after Tammie Lewis was granted parole, she is still in Marlin Transfer Facility waiting to go home. Officials won’t release her from the Texas state prison until she completes a six-month program focused on decision-making.* But she hasn’t been able to finish the program because, after waitlists and other delays, classes normally taught in person were suspended due to coronavirus, says Lewis’s sister, Temeka Hildreth. Now that classes have resumed, they’re by correspondence. “They’ve got them in their dorm doing packets,” Hildreth said last week. […]
Entertainment
Mr. Jones
In the 1930s, Gareth Jones (James Norton, Little Women and Belle), a young Welsh investigative journalist, is stationed in London and working for the former UK Prime Minister David Lloyd George (Kenneth Cranham). The reporter is renowned for his article about a plane trip he took with Adolph Hitler. Based on that notoriety, Jones assumes his bosses will support his idea of traveling east to dig into the real story regarding the Soviet Ukraine and hopefully debunk the USSR’s claim of prosperity for all. Jones: “Send me to Moscow to ask him (Stalin) where the money is coming from!” […]
Opinions
Rayshard Brooks (and so many more) should still be alive
The narrative from the police unions and from Trump himself continues to talk about bad apples and poor judgment—and this is a worthy cause; there are corrupt officers victimizing those they are sworn to protect. […]