Author: Carma Henry

Nunnie on the Sideline

  Bobsled brakeman Azaria Hill of the U.S. Olympic bobsled team grew up the proud child of two Olympic medalists: mother Denean Howard-Hill, a three-time Olympian and winner of a gold and two silver medals, and father Virgil Hill, an Olympic silver medalist in boxing. In addition, her aunt, Sherri Howard, is an Olympian with gold and silver medals.

       The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has compiled a list of the Top Black Newsmakers of the 21st Century. Leading the way is civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump at no. 1 and President Barack Obama at no. 2.

  At a time when anti-literacy laws prevented the vast majority of enslaved people from reading, a group of free Black New Yorkers launched the nation’s first Black newspaper on March 16, 1827.

     The Boston Massacre was known in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street. To the rulers and occupiers, it was a mere “incident.” To American patriots it was evidence of tyranny. As we approach the anniversary of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770, once again governments are murdering—not only in Iran but in Minnesota—their own people and claiming the people are the problem. Claiming and lying, distorting and perverting truth, is the only hope of the tyrant revealed.

Democrats Should Lead By Example on Gerrymandering 

    Consider the border Alex Pretti crossed on Jan. 24, on a street in Minneapolis, as he stepped between some U.S. Border Patrol agents and the woman they had just pushed down. He crossed the border that separates ordinary people from the federal Proud Boys (or whoever they are), the masked invaders who were occupying the city to enforce The Law. Pretti interfered with them! He dared to try to protect the fallen woman, who herself had just crossed the same border. In so doing, they both went from being ordinary citizens to “domestic terrorists.” 

Black History Month and the Power That Holds Democracy Together

       Donald Trump is on the warpath again, threatening Greenland, Iran, Canada, and Cuba. Will he be TACO—Trump Always Chickens Out—or will he carry through on the threats—seizing Greenland, seeking to overthrow the Iran and Cuba regimes, destabilizing Canada? Let’s take a look.

       I see you Don Lemon. All of God’s warriors and soldiers see you as a protected journalist.