Wearing A Mask Is Really Important
I Might Assault You – If Only In My Mind by Kenneth Cooper So we’re at this church for a coronavirus version graduation. Everybody is spread out 6 feet apart,…
It’s A Wonder Nobody Is Talking About Defunding The S&WB
By Kenneth Cooper I had a dream I punched turbine 4 in the face. It was a wonderful moment. Light rain was falling. People were kayaking up Carrollton as I…
From The Tribune: THE CHANGE WE’RE LOOKING FOR IS IN OUR POCKETS
With mounting protests against police brutality, calls to defund the police and to dismantle systemic, structural racism has also come the resurgence of an old, but ever-important call for Black…
How New Orleans to New York fueled slavery and police brutality
Policing started in these two cities and must be changed by them By Lloyd “Rip” Lazard Wall Street got its’ name from an actual wall that was built by the…
A lesson in policing from New Orleans history
by ORISSA AREND If policing as we know it must die — as has been forcefully demanded by protesters worldwide — then what will replace it? Tim Wise, in his thought-provoking article…
We Must Protect Us
By Pat Bryant Some of us are seriously depressed. The world we knew is seriously compromised if not collapsed. The captains of industry and government don’t seem to know or…
What to know about Juneteenth
The emancipation holiday By Daniella Silva Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, will be celebrated by Black Americans this Saturday amid a national reckoning…
A COVID-19 Vaccine by January?
Here’s Why It’s Possible But Not Likely Some government and business officials are expressing hope that a vaccine against COVID-19 could be ready as early as January. Experts say that…
THE WORLD IS WOKE….
IT’S NOW OR NEVER FOR REPARATIONS By C. C. Campbell-Rock As we enter the third week since George Perry Floyd, Jr.’s murder, millions are still protesting around the world, carrying…