HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER IN AMERICA…
How to get away with murder in America... Step 1 - Carry a weapon at all times Step 2 - Use it to shoot a Black male after you stalk them Step 3 - Always claim self defense Step 4…
ON IMMIGRATION: BEWARE OF THE BLACK AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE
Obama won because of record Black voter turnout rates Today, a Black rogue, Right Wing Front, The Black American Leadership Alliance (BALA) is misrepresenting what Comprehensive Immigration Reform means to the Black community. The Anti-Amnesty March on Washington is nothing…
D.C. WAL-MART BATTLE GOES NATIONAL
The success — so far — of the anti-Wal-Mart effort that is unfolding just blocks from the Capitol is providing a legislative road map and psychological boost to opponents of big-box stores around the country. The battle over Wal-Mart in…
THE WAGES OF DIGNITY
Photo by Nick Childers. A month after moving to the U.S. from Bangladesh in 2008, Shaheen found a job at a Dunkin Donuts in Sunset Park. Now 23, she is a full-time student at Kingsborough Community College and continues to work for…
ERIC HOLDER SUPPORTS REPEALING “STAND YOUR GROUND”
Since 2005, the ‘Stand Your Ground’ law, has been inappropriately and often fatally extended to apply to any situation where a person believes they are being attacked by an assailant. Today, finally, the Attorney General of the United States, Eric…
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST FLORIDA: AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME
Remembering Trayvon Martin In a recent article I called for economic sanctions against Florida to compel business and political leaders in that state to change the “Stand Your Ground Law” which provided the basis for the acquittal of George Zimmerman…
SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL
The postsecondary system mimics the racial inequality it inherits from the K-12 education system, then magnifies and projects that inequality into the labor market and society at large. In theory, the education system is colorblind; but, in fact, it is…
BY THE NUMBERS
What do flash mobs, cats and the Harlem Shake have in common? They all have videos that have gone viral. These videos spark spirit-filled discussions and millions of people share them with their networks each and every day. Check out Higher Heights' "By…
FOR BLACK AMERICA WE ARE “STILL A NATION AT RISK”
As we start a new school year in the Age of Privatization and Massive Testing, let us be armed with information and analysis that will help us beat back this racist and classist miseducation onslaught by the white megarich minority…
RIP BILL LYNCH
Bertha Lewis, President, The Black Institute: I am heartbroken. Today, a great man has passed and I am deeply saddened by the loss of yet another mentor and friend to our community. A lot of what I know about Politics and…