Author: Carma Henry

      Jonathan Hernandez, Bethune-Cookman’s head baseball coach, has been named the 2024 Black College Nines Coach of the Year, while pitcher Tanner Boccabello and designated hitter Jose Gonzalez were named to the Large School Division First Team, it was announced Tuesday from the Black College Nines home office.  

      For the second time in four years, no prospects from a Historically Black College or University heard his name during the NFL draft as the 2024 edition of the event wrapped up Saturday.

     Justice in America isn’t always blind or impartial for privileged white people. The privileged treatment afforded former president Trump is detestable and unlawful. Consequently, the criminal indictment of Trump on March 25, 2023, followed by his guilty conviction on  May 30, 2024, are both dates of infamy.

  International law―the recognized rules of behavior among nations based on customary practices and treaties, among them the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights―has been agreed upon by large and small nations alike. To implement this law, the nations of the world have established a UN Security Council (to maintain international peace and security) and a variety of international courts, including the UN’s International Court of Justice (which adjudicates disputes between nations and gives advisory opinions on international legal issues) and the International Criminal Court (which prosecutes individuals for crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression).

   “I don’t care how many times they threaten me.  I will gladly leave this place knowing I did God’s Work,” says Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

      In a wideranging interview with a Time Magazine reporter this past April, Donald Trump said he expected victory in the coming presidential election, but he wouldn’t rule out the possibility of political violence if victory didn’t materialize. As he explained, “I don’t think we’re going to have that [political violence]. I think we’re going to win. And if we don’t win, you know, it depends. It always depends on the fairness of the election.”

     MLB confirmed Tuesday that Negro Leagues statistics will officially become a part of MLB’s historical record Wednesday. The move will open the door for 2,300 Negro Leagues players to have their accomplishments recognized in the league’s official database.

BLACK FOLK CANNOT IGNORE THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA

      In 2016, Donald Trump ran as an outsider, as someone who was able to criticize the political record of his primary opponents (although he primarily used insults and lies rather than real policy analysis). He of course attacked Hillary Clinton in the general election.

     America, America! We’re not exactly a democracy. We don’t vote for what we “believe in,” certainly not if we’re, uh, liberals or, good God, progressives. Our duty as citizens is to vote for the lesser evil. It’s kind of been that way my whole life, but more intensely so now than it has ever been – as the military budget keeps expanding, as racism regroups and becomes nationalism, as corporate power and military-industrialism morph into “just the way things are.”