by Randall Barnes | May 31, 2014 | A List Categories
“Imagine 4 years. Four years, two suicides, one death, one rape, two pregnancies (one abortion), three overdoses, countless drunken antics, pantsings, spilled food, theft, fights, broken limbs, turf wars–every day, a turf war–six months until graduation and no one...
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 Mo Gamble | May 30, 2014 | Blog
REPORTING FOR NEWS TEAM ONE Covering the U.S. Southern Region: Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina Recently the states of Tennessee and Florida have debated on re-instituting the electric chair for delivering a death...
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 Phyllis Banks Cook | May 30, 2014 | Blog
For years in urban education the emphasis was on reading, We sometimes dedicated a ninety minute block to reading daily. Ninety minutes out of a six hour day minus 40 minutes for lunch minus 40 minutes for a planning period. How many hour is left for teaching ,...
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...
