Archive for June 2023
The Supreme Court rules on voting rights, but there is a split between the only two black justices
In the high-stakes fight over Black voting rights, the only two Black members of the U.S. Supreme Court are split in the decision concerning “Allen vs. Milligan.” The court ruled that Alabama violated the Voting Rights Act by failing to draw a second majority-Black congressional district. Chief Justice John Roberts, said the high court declined to…
Read MoreIreland and Australia may reduce cow and camel populations to cut methane gas
Ireland officials are discussing a plan to cull or reduce the number of the nation’s cows by 200,000, and Australia is considering culling the camel population although the country has not yet set a specific number. Both proposals are designed to cut methane gas. Methane gas from livestock contributes to a major portion of the…
Read MoreA financial backer of the Tutsis genocide was arrested but he won’t be tried because he is suffering from dementia
Félicien Kabuga, once the wealthiest man in Rwanda who has been accused of financing the slaughter of Tutsis and moderate Hutus was recently arrested in Paris for the crimes but he won’t stand trial because he is suffering from “severe dementia,†United Nations war crimes court has ruled. Kabuga was arrested in Paris in 2020 and…
Read MoreThe killer of a Black woman neighbor was released on $150,000 bond
Susan Lorincz, who shot and killed her Black neighbor through her home’s closed door, was released after paying a $150,000 bond in Ocala, Florida. The shooting of Ajike “AJ†Owens, 46, comes after the NAACP cautioned Black people not to visit the state because it was dangerous. Owens went to Lorincz’s rental house after she…
Read MoreFormer President Trump faces another indictment
Former President Donald Trump said he will be indicted for not turning over highly classified documents when he left office on January 20, 2021, said Jack Smith, Special Council to the Justice Department’s investigation of Trump. Trump said last night he is expected to report at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the U.S. Justice Department in…
Read MoreCornel West dives into the presidential race
Cornel West, a progressive activist, and scholar, announced a bid for the White House on the same day former Vice President Mike Pence announced that he is running for the Republican nomination for president against his old boss former President Donald Trump. “I am running for truth and justice as a presidential candidate for the…
Read MoreWalter Kimbrough is named interim head of the Black Men’s Research Institute at Morehouse College
Walter Kimbrough, former president of Dillard University, has been appointed interim executive director of the Black Men’s Research Institute at Morehouse College, a college for Black men based in Atlanta. “I am glad to finally be part of the Morehouse family,†said Dr. Kimbrough. The Black Men’s Research Institute is designed to study issues affecting Black…
Read MoreBlack male drivers are police targets
A national survey of 577 traffic stops of Black male drivers by 200 police officers has found that the first 45 words spoken during the first 30 seconds to the drivers by the cops predictably determine the outcome of the traffic stop, according to the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study found…
Read MoreHank Bolden has earned his degree
At 86, Hank Bolden finally earned his degree from the Hartt School at the University of Hartford after serving in the Army in an all-Black unit that was purposely exposed to radiation from a nuclear atomic bomb blast. “They wanted to see how live soldiers would stand up to radiation,” said Bolden. His outfit was comprised…
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