Republican Rand Paul is Kentucky’s junior senator, which is kind of like starting on a JV squad. He’s a scout team member who is not really ready for primetime. He sits at the kids’ table during Thanksgiving and yet, despite that, Paul is still in […]
Before the first Democratic debate, I watched one of my favorite shows, MSNBC’s AM Joy, excited to see not one, but three people of color tapped to talk about climate change and how candidates were discussing it along the campaign trail. My heart dropped when […]
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 12: Special Guest Donald Bogle attends the screening of ‘A Patch of Blue’ at the 2019 TCM 10th Annual Classic Film Festival on April 12, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TCM) *Film historian Donald Bogle […]
Chicago, like many other cities across America, has an ugly history regarding their treatment of Black lives and the enduring stench of racism. On July 27, 1919, 100 years ago this Saturday, an angry white mob contributed to the tragic death of a Black teenager […]
America in the summer of 1919 ran red with blood from racial violence, and yet today, 100 years later, not many people know it even happened. It flowed in small towns like Elaine, Arkansas, in medium-size places such as Annapolis, Maryland, and Syracuse, New […]
After months of investigation into problematic Facebook posts by Philadelphia police officers, department officials are finally dishing out much needed disciplinary action. During a news conference on Thursday, Police Commissioner Richard Ross condemned the actions of 72 police officers that were found to have Facebook […]
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