RACE How Black Leaders Unwittingly Contributed To The Era Of Mass Incarceration LISTEN·36:1136:11QUEUE DOWNLOAD EMBED TRANSCRIPT Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email May 11, 20184:34 PM ET Heard on Fresh Air TERRY GROSS In Locking Up Our Own, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Forman Jr. argues that African-American leaders helped shape policies that harmed …
The 10 Most Common Lures Used By Child Abductors Teaching your children about risks This article was reprinted with permission from the Missing Children’s Network. More info at http://www.missingchildrensnetwork.ngo/ Even today, far too many children are lured by adults with malicious intent. Would-be abductors prey on children’s innocence in …
College-Educated Black Women Least Likely to Have a Well-Educated Spouse A report on social mobility by The Brookings Institution takes a look at the decline of marriage in the U.S., focusing on Black college-educated women. Sheryl Estrada April 15, 2015 | Courtesy of Diversity Inc. A recent Social Mobility Memo …
Black activist jailed for his Facebook posts speaks out about secret FBI surveillance by Sam Levin | Courtesy of The Guardian | Friday, May 11, 2018 Exclusive: Rakem Balogun spoke out against police brutality. Now he is believed to be the first prosecuted under a secretive US effort to track so-called …
Kanye West ~ Slavery Was a Choice! Kanye West ~ Slavery Was a Choice ~ They are really starting to piss me off with this BS too. I am about to let one rip. First, to refer to slavery as a choice is very disrespectful to our ancestors. How can …
Bill Cosby, Kanye, and Candace ~ The Colonizers and the Colonized Mindset To say that this past week was filled with distractions would be a gross understatement. First, rapper, Meek Mills, was released from Prison following a much-publicized and highly organized effort supported by deep pockets and big names. …
2 men arrested at Philadelphia Starbucks tell their story 2 men arrested at Philadlephia Starbucks break their silence on Good Morning America on April 19, 2018. Updated 1 hr 57 mins ago PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Rashon Nelson initially brushed it off when the Starbucks manager told him he couldn’t use …
A Black Teenager Asked for Directions. A Man Responded With Gunfire. By JACEY FORTINAPRIL 14, 2018 | Courtesy of N.Y. Times Continue reading the main story Share This Page Share Tweet Email More Save Photo Brennan Walker and his mother, Lisa Wright. Brennan, who was shot at this week, said …
CBS/AP April 15, 2018, 8:30 AM Starbucks CEO apologizes for arrests of two black men waiting in Philadelphia store PHILADELPHIA — The chief executive of Starbucks has apologized after a video of two black men being arrested at a Philadelphia location went viral. Starbucks’ CEO Kevin Johnson issued a statement saying the situation had …
BLACK VOICES 04/14/2018 01:33 pm ET Updated 3 minutes ago Cops Arrest 2 Black Men Sitting In Starbucks For ‘Trespassing’: Video The Philadelphia DA’s Office said there was a “lack of evidence” that the men committed any crime. By Hilary Hanson | Courtesy of the Huffington Post Black Voices Philadelphia police are …
