By By Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist April 17, 2015 Lee A. Daniels Without the video, North Charleston, S.C. police officer Michael T. Slager would likely have gotten away with murder. Without the video, we wouldn’t see Officer Michael T. Slager have the, shall we say, presence of mind, to quickly […]
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An Open Letter: Of Common & Race Relations
By David Hart April 10, 2015 Dear Common: This truly is a most difficult letter to write. Really it is. See, I had hoped to appeal to you under different circumstances. You are a prolific emcee and the content of your lyrics are cerebral. You are godly. You are profound. And you have brought a […]
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Jailing Educators for ‘Cheating to the Test’
By Julianne Malveaux April 10, 2015 Julianne Malveaux Eleven Atlanta teachers have been convicted of altering student test scores on standardized tests. They are charged with racketeering and conspiracy. The much-celebrated Superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools Beverly L. Hall was among the indicted but was too ill to stand trial. She died […]
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Urban Renewal Is About Urban Removal: Part 2 – The Tale of Two Cities
By Rahim Islam April 3, 2015 Rahim Islam Continued from Urban Renewal Is About Urban Removal: Part 1 Wherever you see large numbers of Black people in any one area, you will find a large population of those living at/near poverty. There are two Chicago’s, two Philadelphia’s, […]
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Message to the Black Community “We Must Take One Step At A Time”
By Rahim Islam March 27, 2015 Rahim Islam I, along with over 10 – 15 others, have been working very hard to advance this movement that we call the Milwaukee Community of Leaders (MCOL). We have been working hard in the trenches building the foundation that we pray will be able […]
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When Did the Black Community Stop Dreaming?
By Rahim Islam March 20, 2015 Rahim Islam “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly,” wrote Langston Hughes. One of the greatest men that the world has ever known is the late, great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. author of […]
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SPECIAL EDITORIAL: Police Shooting
By The Madison Times Staff March 13, 2015 Photo: Hedi Rudd. Tragic. Heart-wrenching. Difficult to fathom. Those are just a few of the emotions that arise when attempting to understand the shooting death of 19-year-old Tony Robinson by a Madison police officer. The death of Robinson has triggered protests by hundreds of […]
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Urban Renewal is About Urban Removal: Part 1
By Rahim Islam March 13, 2015 Rahim Islam Where you start matters! For the Black community in America the economic start has been so disproportionate and bankrupting that so called “ghettos” and the Black community go hand-in-hand. This has created an accepted stigma of inferiority about Black people and Black neighborhoods. […]
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To Be Equal: Rhetoric of Race at the Crossroads of Police Reform
By Marc H. Morial, NNPA Columnist March 6, 2015 “Much research points to the widespread existence of unconscious bias… We all – white and black – carry various biases around with us. I am reminded of the song “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist” from the Broadway hit, Avenue Q: ‘Look around and you […]
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Democrats Still Searching for Winning Formula
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist March 6, 2015 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel just got spanked. Despite a campaign war chest of more than $15 million and the support of President Barack Obama, the former Congressman and White House chief of staff could not avoid a run-off in the non-partisan election. Garnering 45 […]
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