With the rise of President-Elect Donald Trump and the pride in the openness of hate that he inspires, the attacking of women with hajibs, hanging a noose on a tree in Ft. Greene Park this past October along with writing of anti-Semitic graffiti nearby, we thought it a good to remind the readers of the […]readmore
The reports on the death of the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro have described him as dictator who was a cause of suffering for his people. His death has been met with the cheering of white Cubans and the media pushing the message of tyrant, dictator and violator of human rights. The history that […]readmore
The only good news on the election of Donald Trump is the wall of opposition forming as the extent of the poisoning of everything decent about America is becoming clear. Each new presidential appointment brings new fears of changes of such magnitude and permanence that they qualify as a takeover of the country by the […]readmore
View From Here By David Mark Greaves Donald Trump is President-elect of the United States. It’s a nightmare and it won’t go away. It is unreal and yet it is fact. This can change the course of American history, and not for the better, for the country or mankind. You try and follow Obama’s lead […]readmore
By David Mark Greaves We have awakened to the nightmare. Donald J. Trump is President-Elect of the United States of America. The Electoral map is a sea of red with media bubbles on the East and West Coasts. We are suddenly at the mercy of the likes of Giuliani, Christie and forces darker and more […]readmore
View From Here By David Mark Greaves We’re through the “October Surprise” period and we are almost at the end of this “worst of all” election seasons. And the saddest part is the certainty of what is coming next. We know that the aftermath of a Trump victory, the locking in of Supreme Court judges […]readmore
By David Mark Greaves Attorney General Loretta Lynch has replaced the New York-based FBI team working on the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner on Staten Island, where he was selling cigarettes on the street. The New York Times reports that while Lynch “has a reputation for being deferential to prosecutors in the field”, they […]readmore
By David Mark Greaves On the Passing of District Attorney Kenneth Thompson Because of the life Ken Thompson lived, people are now free who were once in prison, minor offenders had their lives transformed and Brooklyn was blessed with a District Attorney who tempered justice with wisdom and set the gold standard for public service […]readmore
