South Los Angeles is the site of one of the most destructive civil disturbances in modern U.S. history, an emblem of the country’s racial divide, and a place where generations of immigrants have pursued the American dream. Now, after decades of despair, it stands at a new crossroads. In a special report, NBC News explores […]
MoreRep. Joe Kennedy, III joins Joy Reid on the “moral obligation” to provide healthcare for all, as guest Jimmy Williams explains how certain GOP recommendations for the ACA repeal could create state-by-state variations in healthcare access. Source: Would Obamacare repeal create “Jim Crow for healthcare”?
MoreST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – Right now there are hundreds of missing kids all around the St. Louis area. Children are disappearing at an alarming rate, especially in one area – North St. Louis County. In the small community of Berkeley, MO alone, 33 kids have disappeared since 2000. In this report, we`re going to […]
MoreWithout the labor of blacks in America, the cultural and economic history of this nation would be vastly different. Edward E. Baptist, professor of history at Cornell University, relates in sharp relief the history, context and continuing impact of slavery and its powerful impact on U.S. economic, social and political life in his book, The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism.
MoreOn April 10 @WashingtonMonthly published a blog post by @JoelBerg titled, “It’s Policy, Stupid.” This motivated me to search my past blog posts to find, edit and repost this one that I originally posted in 2014 as “It’s Domestic Social Policy, Stupid!”. Sadly, everything and nothing has changed. Where is the domestic social policy that once […]
MoreA few weeks ago Washington, D.C.’s African-American community was suffering the collective pain of at an alarming, seemingly unprecedented increase in the number of young black girls reported as missing. No Amber Alerts, no news features on television; nothing. D.C. police insisted that the rate missing black children had not increased. However, their statistics did not stem the […]
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