by Mo Gamble | May 30, 2014 | Blog, Culture, News
[Sometimes it is necessary to flash back to a moment when the law actually works for the people.] Last fall, a St. Petersburg Florida police officer pulls over a green sport utility vehicle for a rolling right-hand turn at a red light according to the Tampa Bay Times....
by Reneegede | May 30, 2014 | Opinion
[REPORTING FOR NEWS TEAMS ONE for the Mid-West Region: N/S Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Montana, and Alaska] San Antonio – Telemundo news reporter Jorge Enrique DeSantiago got the surprise of his life when, while taping the confession...
by Reneegede | May 30, 2014 | Opinion
[REPORTING FOR NEWS TEAM ONE Mid-West Region: N/S Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Montana, and Alaska] Houston – Apparently, a Black man can no longer hang out with his family while Black; even while celebrating his wife’s birthday...
by Reneegede | May 29, 2014 | Opinion
Somebody has to have ‘that’ conversation about a church that overlooks the sins and shenanigans of Pastors and Preachers and Ministers and says things like “They are human, too.” Well, kinda sorta d’uh. But one also expects that a pastor...
by Reneegede | May 29, 2014 | Opinion
[REPORTING FOR NEWS TEAM ONE Mid-West Region: N/S Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Montana, and Alaska] 22nd Congressional District – There is a lesson to be learned about local politics, particularly in a deep red state that did not elect...
by Randall Barnes | May 29, 2014 | A List Categories, Business, News
“Anyone that’s trying to do something to improve sound… that’s all good.” -Dr. Dre For the past couple of weeks, the world has waited for the announcement that would crown gangster rap pioneer Dr. Dre the covenant “Hip-Hop Cash King”. However, there...
by Ghostndamachine | May 28, 2014 | Culture
I read good article in Slate today (url below) about young people’s attitudes about race and racism. The authors outlined various studies that had been conducted as well as poll results showing that young people are just as fucked up about race as we are. There...
by Randall Barnes | May 28, 2014 | A List Categories, Business
“Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensity social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation” -Angela Davis...
by UI Pam | May 28, 2014 | Blog, News
Today, we mourn the loss of a legend, an author, a poet, an inspiration: Maya Angelou has died at the beautiful age of 86. This week, there were reports of Ms. Angelou’s health declining, and this morning, her death was confirmed by her long time literary agent,...
by Reneegede | May 28, 2014 | Opinion
Tweetist @hope_and_chains said and I quote “My family survived a concentration camp, came to the US with nothing, LEGALLY, and made it work.” Toure, media personality from MSNBC, tweets back to hope_and-chains “The power of whiteness.” Twitter...
