What happened in that school in Broward County, Florida is horrific. My question was and has been since the mass school shooting epidemic erupted is why not metal detectors? Black and brown children in inner-city schools have been subjected to that, bag searches and more for at least a couple of decades. No one ever […]
MoreAs the activist protests following the Shockley decision in St. Louis continue, it is clear that the The Black Lives Matter movement (BLM) and its leadership are growing more sophisticated.
MoreWhether death by police or by justice delayed or denied, for African-Americans, contact with the justice system equates to destruction of lives. The effects reverberate through families and communities for generations.
MoreThe American people deserve to understand why Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, and Congressional Republicans are hell-bent on pursuing an irrational and reprehensible public policy agenda. McConnell’s current, frenzied mission to drum up fifty votes to abolish Obamacare by September 30 and to cut $1billion from Hurricane Harvey relief to fund the Trump border wall folly […]
MoreThe Rachel Maddow Show shares more of Maddow’s remarkable ability to play the long-game in pursuit of the truth. She and her team stay on stories that confound other news outlets and analysts. When others throw up their hands and move on, Rachel digs deeper. Deconstruct, analyze, remain vigilant and tenacious; these are the skills […]
MoreThere are lessons for all of us in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Many of those lessons relate to issues of justice of all kinds: environmental, social, economic, housing, health. This is a learning moment. In post-Harvey Houston, what you do not know, just might kill you. Let’s try to learn from this disaster. We […]
MoreWhat will the victims of Hurricane Harvey have to look forward to after the storm? Will they have health care? Will they have rental assistance? Will they have extended unemployment insurance? Will homeless shelters have enough beds? Will Food Stamps and school lunches be available? Maybe. But, perhaps not. There was a time when our […]
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