Washington, DC – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) will induct five legendary journalists into its Hall of Fame, the organization’s highest honor, and present the Ida B. Wells Award, the annual honor highlighting the achievement of a media executive who has demonstrated a commitment to diversifying the nation’s newsrooms and improving the coverage […]
Cash Money Content & Atria Books Present A Landmark Step-by-Step Guide that Reveals the Truths and Lies of the Criminal Justice System
New York – It’s on the news every day. Arrests are made for any number of crimes, including drug possession and distribution, aggravated assault, robbery, rape, and murder. Mass incarceration is particularly prevalent within the black community. The Bureau of Justice’s December 2010 “Prisoners in 2009” report illuminates that there are 563,500 incarcerated black men […]
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday: Is the Drug War the Next Big Civil Rights Issue?
With Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday approaching, we are forced to draw connections between the war on drugs and the disintegration of low-income and black communities in America. As Dr. King so poignantly reminds us in his critique of the Vietnam War, “a time comes when silence is betrayal.” With many communities disparately impacted by […]
Judge Mablean Ephriam Foundation Presents a Tribute To Rosa Parks Starring Ella Joyce
Los Angeles, CA – Actress Ella Joyce, best known for her co-starring role of Eleanor on FOX TV’s “Roc”, and Jasmine on “My Wife & Kids, captures the famous moment in the life of Rosa Parks, affectionately called “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”, in her highly acclaimed, one-woman play A Rose Among Thorns. The […]
Arizona is America
By Kevin Powell – I say this because Arizona is not the problem. We the people are the problem. That is, we Americans who think it is cool to engage in rhetoric, political or otherwise, that encourages division, ugliness, hatred, and violence, directly or indirectly. Over the past several years, we’ve witnessed this madness via […]
GOP Leaders Speak Out for Prison Reform: First Rev. Pat Robertson and Now Newt Gingrich
By Tony Newman, AlterNet – At a time when Democrats and Republicans are having a difficult time agreeing on anything, let’s hope that we can come together to help end America’s longest, unwinnable war. For the second time in less than a month, a major conservative leader has spoken out for prison reform. First there […]
Representative Tyrone L. Brooks Speaks about Auburn Ave. and Morris Brown College
Execute Vick?
By Lucius Gantt – A lot has been going on in the world since I’ve been house repairing. The President’s staff members are leaving the White House just like rats jump off of a sinking ship, sisters have been released from jail after one sister was ordered to donate a kidney to the other sister […]
Grammy Awards Manipulative or Not?
By H. Lewis Smith – The song “F— You”—which is clearly laced with expletives, as well as the n-word—has been nominated for the February 2011 Grammy’s “Record of the Year” Award. Rapper Jay Z and Alicia Keys have also been nominated to receive an award for their performance of “Empire State of Mind”, which is […]