New York, NY — Award-winning writer, activist, and public speaker Kevin Powell is teaming with Utne Reader, the envelope-pushing progressive magazine and online space, around a series of blogs on race, gender, politics, and pop culture in America. The partnership comes on the heels of Powell’s critically acclaimed new autobiography, The Education of Kevin Powell: […]
A Conversation With Police on Race – NY Times Op Doc
By Geeta Gandbhir and Perri Peltz, NYTimes.com – In this short documentary, former officers share their thoughts on policing and race in America.
Why Hillary Clinton Will do More for Black People than Obama – By Michael Eric Dyson
(The New Republic) – There is good reason to be skeptical about Hillary Clinton and race. It’s never been anything explicit, necessarily, but she has sinned in the realm of signification, the place where innuendo and plausible deniability live. Let us start with her first presidential campaign in 2008, and the infamous “3 a.m. phone […]
Republicans Ignore Black People
By Julianne Malveaux – As I watched the Republican debate on October 10, I thought about Kanye West and the comments he made after Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans. He said, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people”. Later he tiptoed away from the comment by saying he “regretted” it, but he never apologized. Five years […]
Danny Becnel, Candidate for NOLA St. John Parish President: Whites Outvoting Blacks, Taking Parish Back
Video Interview with Hosts of Pool Party in McKinney, Tx Busted Up by a Gun Wielding Cop in a Frenzy
E Johnson (@ejohnsoniv on instagram @ejcreoleboy on twitter) interviews 19-year-old Tatiana and her mother — hosts of the now infamous pool party in McKinney, Tx — about what started the incident that led to the melee between teens attending the party and police responding to a call. Here’s the video of the melee that ensued […]
Oops!! You Can’t Tell A Book By It’s Cover! White Man Slaps Black Woman–Turns Out She’s A Judge
EURWeb.com – A white small business owner in Chicago may find himself missing some days at work soon. There’s a good chance he’ll be standing in front of the very woman he spit on and slapped. Only thing is, this time she’ll be wearing a robe. He is facing some very serious charges after allegedly […]
Political Correctness Has Run Amok – CBS Atlanta Journalist Michelle Burdo Should Not be reprimanded for Using the Term “Colored”
Please, make it STOP! I can’t take another minute of the bickering about politically correct language. This time it appears that a journalist, Michelle Burdo, from CBS Atlanta slipped up and said she wasn’t “Colored” while doing a segment on natural hairstyles. Call the Feds… clearly it’s a plot by CBS to oppress Blacks/African Americans, […]
Condoleezza Rice Says America Will Never Be ‘Race Blind’ On ‘Face the Nation’ VIDEO
Via Huffington Post – Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, has been speaking out and reflecting on her time spent in the White House, much of which she recounts in her memoir “No Higher Honor.” During an interview on a special Thanksgiving edition of CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Rice talked about her perspective on race […]