Yesterday was a truly terrible day in the world. As a full blown human rights catastrophe continues to unfold in Aleppo, Syria, an assassin shot and killed a Russian diplomat in Turkey, 12 people were killed in Germany as a truck was rammed into a crowded market, and 3 people were shot at a mosque […]
Good Morning Everybody! I wanna change things up a little bit for us today. As you may know, every single day of the week, I write about injustice and police brutality and racial discrimination for the New York Daily News. As an activist, I’m helping to lead the Injustice Boycott. Every Tuesday and Thursday […]
Today, on the 61st anniversary of the launch of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, now just hours after a major victory was won for the people of Standing Rock, hundreds of thousands of us have joined together to take an organized stand against racial injustice and police brutality in America. This is the Injustice Boycott. It’s […]
In the hook to Drake’s new song, “Fake Love,” he has a lyric that says “I’ve been down so long it look like up to me. I got fake people showin’ fake love to me. “ Can I be real this morning? For far too long, those lines could perfectly describe the plight of Black […]
It has now been two weeks since our country elected Donald Trump as the next President of the United States. I have to admit that 14 days later, it’s still painful to accept that we are going from President Barack Obama to President Donald Trump. In fact, if anything at all is clear, it […]
On Sunday evening, Donald Trump announced that his Chief Strategist in the White House will be Stephen Bannon. It was the first announcement he made for staffers and is a clear signal that we don’t have to wait and see who Trump values most in the world or whether or not he will become […]
Early yesterday morning something truly terrible happened. Two police officers in Iowa were shot and killed. Police described each successive shooting as an ambush that each officer never saw coming. Like most officers, these men had adoring families and a network of friends and colleagues who are absolutely devastated by this loss. I hate […]
Let me tell you about a woman. An elderly woman. A mentally ill elderly woman. A mentally ill elderly woman who was home alone, in her bedroom, naked, in the middle of a severe mental health crisis. Her name is Deborah Danner – a beautifully complicated soul, a project manager and longtime IT worker […]
Something amazingly powerful is happening all over the country with America’s youth. In 34 states, with at least 44 high schools, 21 colleges, and 2 youth sports leagues, brilliant, bold, courageous young student athletes – ranging from football players to cheerleaders to volleyball players and marching bands have all taken a knee during the […]
This is one of those moments where it’s gonna take every skill and prayer I have not to accidentally slip up and cuss. I know we’ve all talked about the debate, but I’m stuck on something and I just can’t move forward. The truth is – None of us should move forward on what we […]
Activist Shaun King took to Twitter Wednesday to denounce conservative bloggers who claimed that he had faked his race and had lied about the story…
