Liberation of final MOVE member recalls the 1985 horror in Philly
On Friday, Feb. 7, a 59-year-old man walked out of the Fayette state correctional institution in La Belle, Pennsylvania, leaving behind some 42 years of …
Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate is just a charade
The word “charade” is defined as “an act or a pretense put on to make something appear different than what it is or a word …
Trump’s unfitness for office deeper than policies, personal flaws
If the criterion to be president is fitness to hold the office and the power which comes with it, then a persuasive argument can be …
Trump’s judicial picks advance the wealthy, rightwing takeover of the nation
With much of the nation focused on Donald J. Trump’s presidency since he took office in January 2017 and, more recently, his impeachment, not nearly …
The black vote is not monolithic but there is too much at stake for divisiveness
When the next Democratic presidential debate is held on Dec. 19 at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, at least six white candidates will be …
Looking to the Bible to justify allegiance to a flawed leader
The President of the United States of America, on Wednesday, August 21, this year, looked up at the sky and said, “I am the chosen …
Racial control: from shackles of slavery to iron cages of prison to ankle monitors
California passed a bill on Oct. 12 banning private prisons as of 2028, spotlighting, once again, America’s obsession with locking up human beings. The situation …
A president facing impeachment cannot champion criminal justice reform
It boggles the mind that an African American organization whose membership is 50 percent Democrats could honor President Donald Trump for criminal justice reform. But …
Kaepernick knelt for social justice, Jay-Z got the contract and the NFL had the last laugh
PHOTOS COURTESY OF GRAMMY.COM AND POPCULTURE.COM Three years after National Football League quarterback Colin Kaepernick protested social injustice by first sitting and later kneeling for …
Opioids overdose deaths a manufactured tragedy, ensnared minorities and babies
Within about 20 years, more than 76 billion opioid pills or painkillers were sold in just six years in the U.S., manufacturers and distributors made …