Nikki Haley is running for President of the United States of America and doesn’t know the cause of the civil war or, even worse, is a liar trying to gaslight Americans. How can someone running for POTUS and hailing from South Carolina mess up a question a 5-year-old can answer?5543
Melanie Campbell, NCBCP Black Women’s Roundtable Convener, Releases Statement on the Racially Motivated Buffalo Massacre Targeting Black Americans
WASHINGTON D.C. – Melanie L. Campbell, President & CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) and Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR), issued the following statement regarding the racially-motivated killing of ten innocent people in Buffalo, NY on May 14th: “Our hearts, prayers, and sincere condolences go out to the family […]
Racial Equity Forum Announced For September 9th
SEATTLE – In direct response to social unrest, the virtual 2020 Racial Equity Forum, hosted by Janet M. Harvey and inviteCHANGE, provides a safe space to create solutions and committed action for ongoing equity building. The forum will convene on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020 at 1pET. The 2020 Racial Equity Forum will host a diverse […]
Confederate Monuments and Symbols are Advertisements For a Product No One Wants Anymore#TakeEmDown, NOW
By Marc H. Morial (Be Equal #27) – Mississippi’s decision this week to eliminate a Confederate symbol from its state flag is the culmination of more than 40 years of activism, and a single step in the ongoing effort to eliminate white supremacist imagery and monuments from our public spaces. It seems at last that […]
Shackles on your Bankrolls – Commentary By Lucius Gantt
(The Gantt Report) – The ancestors of African Americans were kidnapped from the shores of their Motherland and transported to America on slave ships to make European colonizers filthy rich. From day one of our American existence, the status of Black people in this capitalist society has always been about the money. The history that […]
America’s Elite Colleges Can Lead on Reparations by Partnering with Black Colleges
By Felicia M. Davis – As the list of higher education institutions apologizing for their role in the slave trade grows it is time investing in historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) institutions is prioritized. Democratic presidential candidates increasingly acknowledge the need to study the question of reparations. Ta-Nehisi Coates fastidiously establishes “The Case for […]
Juneteenth Virtual Performance of Mzuri Aimbaye’s Award-Winning Play: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story
Joy Reid, Host of MSNBC’s AM Joy, will provide a special introduction and Marypat Hector, nationally recognized youth activist, will moderate a panel discussion after the performance The murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd have sparked global protests, elicited calls for record voter turnout in the 2020 Elections, and amplified the voices […]
Transformational Change Needed to Cure the Virus of Racism Infecting Local Police
By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #23) – Black Americans in 2020 are contending with the devastating impact of two viruses – coronavirus and racism. Five years ago, in the wake of Michael Brown’s death at the hands of Ferguson, Missouri, police, the National Urban League called for comprehensive reform of police recruitment, training […]
Madcapping and Conning with Trump: Feeding Americans Addiction to Illusions
This editorial from the LA Sentinel by Dr. Maulana Karenga is the best synopsis of the leader of the free world I’ve seen yet: The current and seemingly consensual wisdom is that this pandemic has exposed the fault lines of injustice and inequality in society. But it has also added in the problematic person of […]