By Kenrya Rankin It appears Colin Kaepernick’s protest of police violence inflicted on Black bodies is having a positive impact on his team’s leadership. San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York announced yesterday (September 8) that the team will donate a total of $1 million to two local organizations that work to end racial and economic […]Read More
Obama Tells Black Voters It’s a “Personal Insult” If They Don’t Go to the Polls “You want to give me a good send-off? Go vote.” P.R. Lockhart, motherjones.com Barack Obama urged African-Americans to go to the polls in November in a speech this weekend at the annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Dinner. “My name may […]Read More
By Sean Colarossi, politicususa.com It appears that former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican, isn’t the biggest fan of Donald Trump, according to emails accessed by Buzzfeed News. In the emails, which Buzzfeed reports were sent from Powell to journalist and ex-aide Emily Miller, the retired four-star general called the GOP nominee a “national disgrace” and […]Read More
By Bernice Elizabeth Green Cease wondering how the Republican Party — and die-hard “Apprentice” viewers — can be so blind about Donald Trump. The party’s marketing teams are probably no longer romancing the White House throne. They are all over themselves developing a strategy for the 2020 presidential campaign whether the unplugged Don “wins” or loses the presidential race. Every time Trump says “Give me a break”, we’re certain his colleagues are […]Read More
Geneva Reed-Veal: One year ago yesterday, I lived the worst nightmare anyone could imagine. I watched as my daughter, Sandra Bland, was lowered into the ground in a coffin. Sandy, my fourth of five daughters, was gone. No, not on administrative leave, but on permanent leave from this earth, found hanging in a jail cell after […]Read More
Whether it is on some screen or at night, as of last night at the Republican National Convention, “His Eyes are on Another Prize???” Trump may have trumped the agenda for 2020 in introducing his son to the international audience. Seventeen years ago, July 16, John F. Kennedy, Jr., at age 38, died […]Read More
