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Cornel 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…
Read MoreTina Turner died on May 24th at 83 years old
It’s hard to believe that such a dynamic performer as Tina Turner attended a one-room schoolhouse located in Brownsville, West Tennessee. The school was known as the Flagg Grove School and it was built by a great uncle. At the time, she was known as Anna Mae Bullock. She debuted as Tina Turner when she…
Read MoreNigeria’s new president, Bola Tinubu, was sworn in today
Nigeria’s new president, Bola Tinubu, was sworn in Monday, and he vowed to expand the economy by at least six percent a year, lift barriers to investment, create jobs, and unify the exchange rate, while also tackling rampant insecurity. “On the economy, we target a higher GDP [gross domestic product] growth and to significantly reduce…
Read MoreCuban woman is behind book bans in Florida schools
A Black Cuban woman who complained about Amanda Gorman’s inauguration poem for President Joseph Biden, causing it to be banned by the Bob Graham education center in Miami Lakes, Florida, was reported to have ties to the Proud Boys. The woman was identified as Daily Salinas. She was born in Cuba and her first language…
Read MoreHarvard Police Department held four Black students, following a false claim that could have cost the students’ lives
Four Black Harvard University students were ordered to leave their dormitory room at gunpoint by Harvard University Police who later learned the four students were victims of swatting, a hostile practice of falsely accusing another or others of serious crimes. The students, all seniors, Jarah K. Cotten, Jazmin N. Dunlap, Dave G. Madzivanyika, and Alexandra…
Read MoreThe shooting of an 11-year-old boy is Black-on-Black hatred fueled by working in a racist system
A Black cop in Mississippi shot and wounded an 11-year-old boy who was ordered to call the police by his mother who feared a domestic dispute with the father of another one of her children was about the get out of hand. Aderrien Murry walked out of another part of the house and was shot…
Read MoreRepublican U.S. Senator Tim Scott is running
Tim Scott, the lone Black Republican in the U.S. Senate, is seeking the 2024 presidential nomination, according to a filing with the U.S. election regulator on Friday. He represents South Carolina. But Scott needs to drop his colorblindness and appeal directly to Black men who are increasingly attracted to the conservative movement, said Felecia Killings,…
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