Tag Archives: incarceration

#DemDebate: Progressivism vs. Neoliberalism | #BernieSanders vs. #HillaryClinton on Blog#42

This last debate in New Hampshire is a classic study in contrasts. Continue reading #DemDebate: Progressivism vs. Neoliberalism | #BernieSanders vs. #HillaryClinton on Blog#42

Baltimore, St. Louis and beyond: profiles in gross disparities and deprivation | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42

Baltimore

It wasn’t long ago, just over three months, in fact, that we were glued to our televisions, Continue reading Baltimore, St. Louis and beyond: profiles in gross disparities and deprivation | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42

Bernie Sanders’ speech to Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) | Blog#42

My essay on Bernie Sanders’ approach to BlackLivesMatter, police brutality, Continue reading Bernie Sanders’ speech to Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) | Blog#42

Three #BlackLivesMatter stories while we debated #RachelDolezal | Blog#42

Three important stories were told but scarcely heard today. Here are curated quotes from each: Continue reading Three #BlackLivesMatter stories while we debated #RachelDolezal | Blog#42

William Jefferson Clinton was not our first Black president, Hillary won’t be the second

To set the mood for the subject of this piece, the things we think we hear versus the things that are actually said Continue reading William Jefferson Clinton was not our first Black president, Hillary won’t be the second

1.5 million missing Black men: How many innocents?

Can you imagine spending thirteen years in jail for a crime you didn’t commit simply because the exculpatory evidence you might have defended yourself with happened to have been given to someone as a gift? Continue reading 1.5 million missing Black men: How many innocents?