NEW YORK, Nov 10 (Reuters) – Students are holding events designed to bring attention to racial issues on a handful of U.S. college campuses this week, spurred on by the…
By: Charles D. Ellison Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson Check the latest polls and see neurosurgeon-turned-wannabe-president Ben Carson surf on a sudden wave of black support. Not that black…
By Robert Stitt The Huffington Post recently published a response to the New York times article “In Heroin Crisis, White Families Seek Gentler War on Drugs.” The articles point out…
By Joshua Holland The New York City Police Academy’s graduation ceremony. (Reuters / Carlo Allegri) Race dominated the coverage of the 2014 shooting of John Crawford. Crawford was a young…
By George E. Curry George Curry Media Columnist Writing under the headline, “Police lives matter too,” Chicago Tribune Columnist John Kass summed up the sentiment – and mass hysteria –…
By Art Heitzer and Marjorie Cohn President Barack Obama during a bilateral meeting with Cuban President Raúl Castro during the United Nations General Assembly, September 29, 2015., Doug Mills /…
By Oliver Laughland and Lauren Gambino Hillary Clinton met with prominent leaders of the new civil rights movement on Friday, including founders of the influential Campaign Zero, telling them she…
By: Jesse James DeConto Drake University ethicist Jennifer Harvey, signs her book “Dear White Christians,” during the Race & Faith Dialogue series at Duke University. DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) A white…
By Jeet Heer The mystery of Ben Carson is that he’s a startlingly intelligent man with an inspiring life story who repeatedly makes unhinged assertions that are divorced from reality—and…
Puff Daddy Feels the US Government Owes the Black Community By: Yesha Callahan Sean Combs on New York radio station Hot 97 Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs marked his birthday last…
By: Jason Johnson Dr. Ben Carson How do you explain a phenomenon like Ben Carson? Even better, how do you explain a phenomenon like Ben Carson in our 24-hour news…
By: Fredrick C. Harris There are deep structural issues that continue to plague poor and working-class minority youth in America, writes Fredrick C. Harris in a new paper. This demographic…