SLAUGHTER IN SOUTH CAROLINA Opinions

SLAUGHTER IN SOUTH CAROLINA

Racism, Guns, Politics, Geopolitics… It must be America Even in the face of irrefutable evidence, white people, the creators of the system in which we live, have to take...

Terrorism: Face? Race? Place? Opinions

Terrorism: Face? Race? Place?

The massacre at the  Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina reminds us all that racism is deeply ingrained in the history of the USA The recent killings of...

MAN’S INHUMANITY TO HIS FELLOW MAN Opinions

MAN’S INHUMANITY TO HIS FELLOW MAN

April 24, 2015 represented the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide in which approximately 800,000 to 1.5 million people were systematically exterminated by the government of the Ottoman Empire...

Police killing Black Men Opinions

Police killing Black Men

“It doesn’t stop,” said Dropout. “It happened again in South Carolina. A policeman (White) shot and killed a Black man. He puts five bullets into his back. The Black...

Beauty and Courage in our Community Opinions

Beauty and Courage in our Community

Professor asked Dropout, “What is the most beautiful day?” Po Boy put up his hand and said, “Today.” Crystal said, “Let’s be crystal clear. If you keep up with...

Our stories: Random
Community News

Our stories: Random

Youth caught in battles that weren’t theirs to fight We’ve all heard the stories of young people killed in the most tragic of ways: caught in battles that weren’t...

The lingering impact of fear
Special Features

The lingering impact of fear

Dave Austin’s Fear of A Black Nation… garners two prestigious prizes and translated in Spanish and French Egbert Gaye In May 2013, in his groundbreaking book Fear of a...

Hampstead Harry talks to  “You People” Opinions

Hampstead Harry talks to “You People”

The Racism and Politics of Economics from the Horses mouth The barbershop was empty when Hampstead Harry came in, nobody asked him anything and he said, “I was in...

The FUEL of RADICALIZATION Opinions

The FUEL of RADICALIZATION

RACISM AND MARGINALIZATION As part of my research  for my Masters of Social Work  the  focus was on identity development among non-white Canadian adolescents, and I truly believed that...

STRIVE TO KEEP BLACK HISTORY ALIVE Opinions

STRIVE TO KEEP BLACK HISTORY ALIVE

As any other community-minded citizen, I have questions about the way some things are being run and the changes that we can collectively make to keep improving the community....