An East Rochester man who sprayed a Black teenager with a hose during a heated confrontation is actually being held responsible for his racist actions. On Wednesday, Glen Nicodemus was arraigned and charged with second-degree harassment, police said, after hosing down a 14-year-old and […]
Four hundred years after American slavery and democratic self-rule were born almost simultaneously in what became the state of Virginia, ceremonies will mark the arrival of enslaved Africans in the mid-Atlantic colony and seek healing from the legacy of bondage that still haunts the […]
Movie director Spike Lee has no time for the way some conservatives are attempting to spin the narrative on President Donald Trump’s infamous claim about there being “very fine people on both sides” at the deadly 2017 white supremacist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. […]
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke this week visited sites in Tulsa and Oklahoma City that were targeted by violence, and made a point of linking the Tulsa race riots and a recent deadly mass shooting in his Texas hometown. The former congressman stopped Monday […]
The New York Times Magazine’s new 1619 Project is a special edition that reframes American history around one date: August 1619, when the first slave ship arrived on America’s shores. “The Fourth of July in 1776 is regarded by most Americans as the country’s birthday,” […]
Last week when the NFL announced that Jay-Z’s company Roc Nation agency inked a deal with the league encompassing entertainment and social justice, the move sparked a fierce debate from fans, athletes and celebrities. Now Cardi B is chiming in with her two cents on if […]
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