Category : Lifestyle

Jamaican Immigrant’s Killing Called “Modern-Day Lynching”

(Photo: YouTube)PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A Jamaican immigrant was shot to death at a rural Pennsylvania cabin last month in an incident his family is describing as a “modern-day lynching.”Peter Bernardo Spencer, 29, of Pittsburgh, accepted an invitation fr...

‘Unbought And Unbossed’ At 50: Shirley Chisholm Continues To Inspire Black Women In Politics

newsone.com - Rep. Barbara Lee shared that fifty years since Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announced her run for president, she remains a shining example for Black women in politics and beyond.Tweeted by @newsone https://twitter.com/newsone/status/1...

Meet the Woman Behind the Largest Waste Management Company in West Africa

afrotech.com - There’s a huge issue with waste management in Africa.The continent alone produces about 550 million tonnes of plastic waste with the major contributions coming from the countries of Egypt, Nigeria, and the South African region. They ra...

Crossing Jim Crow: Enlisting and Traveling to Boot Camp - UNC Press Blog

uncpressblog.com - The following is an excerpt from David P. Cline’s Twice Forgotten: African Americans and the Korean War, an Oral History. Journalists began to call the Korean War “the Forgotten War” even before it e…Tweeted by @UNC_Press https://t...

House GOP primary in west Houston pits well-known councilman against better-funded foes

houstonchronicle.com - Five Republicans are angling to represent a Texas House district in the city’s affluent...Tweeted by @jaspscherer https://twitter.com/jaspscherer/status/1485976073426907140

City prosecutor to take aim at serial thieves, charging them with more serious crimes

hawaiinewsnow.com - But, reform advocates warn that stiffer penalties won’t reduce the crimes.Tweeted by @ektaka https://twitter.com/ektaka/status/1485803521265963010

A timeline of african people in america

blacklibertyunbothered.weebly.com - This is the history of the slavery of People of Colour 1619 The first African captives were brought to Virginia in the US by a Dutchman, the country was White but heavily relied on the hard work...Tweeted by @Blac...

Greenfield: Democrats Must Refuse to Use the Jim Crow Filibuster

politichicks.com - It’s what Martin Luther King Jr. would have wanted. According to them.

Pulliam: Judge Brewer ruled with discernment and compassion. His example will be missed.

indystar.com - Judge Brewer’s life\u00a0recalls a time when Democrats and Republicans collaborated, finding common ground in criminal justice reform, writes Pulliam.Tweeted by @jadabrewerr https://twitter.com/jadabrewerr/status/1486114052325756932

How President Biden Launched a New Prison Boom

slate.com - The president is doubling down on outdated 'tough on crime' policies, funneling millions of dollars to states to spend on policing and new prisonsTweeted by @rogergraef https://twitter.com/rogergraef/status/1486111730023505921

Color and Incarceration

harvardmagazine.com - Historian Elizabeth Hinton probes the roots of a gathering crisis.Tweeted by @MuhammadTyrrell https://twitter.com/MuhammadTyrrell/status/1486052836718911496

No more Trumps: Kim Kardashian has coffee with Hillary and Chelsea Clinton

mercurynews.com - Hillary Clinton may be featuring Kardashian, who endorsed her in her 2016 race against Donald Trump, as one of the 'trailblazing' women in the her new docuseries for Apple TV+.Tweeted by @mercnews https://twitter.com/mercnews/status...

Lashawn McNeil biography: 13 things about Harlem, New York City man

conandaily.com - Lashawn McNeil is a black man from New York, United States. Here are 13 more things about him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDeg7bjyGFk . He grew up in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City.He previ…Tweeted by @issawomanista https:/...

Times Square subway tragedy amplifies racial trauma for Asians. Do people still care?

usatoday.com - The AAPI community is mourning its latest victim, Michelle Go, who was pushed in front of a subway in Times Square in New York.Tweeted by @glenthecreator https://twitter.com/glenthecreator/status/1486010564694495233

MY Relationship Blogs

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