Sadly, the Democrats, even with a mention of the Black Lives Matter Network, fell short. The concerns of millions of Black Americans were all but dismissed in the first debate, indicating that even the left needs a crash course on how to gain the Black vote.
UPDATED: Thursday, October 1, 2015 5:03 PM EST The suspected gunman who authorities say opened fire at a community college in Oregon, killing 13 and injuring 20, is dead. Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin told reporters that the 20-year-old college student was “neutralized.” The suspect, who was not named, also appears to have had a […]
A young African-American woman says she felt like she was raped when a sheriff's deputy in Texas conducted a cavity search in a gas station
If the McKinney, Texas pool party incident woke America out of a historic and deliberate slumber that ignores systemic racism, we’d hope the thing that stands out most is the gendering of Black criminality. Though we fight for the brown and Black faces of men and young boys that flash across our timelines — members of society […]
“ The face of famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman has been selected to grace the $20 bill by an advocacy group that wants to do away with President Andrew Jackson’s image, according to The Washington Post. Women On 20s launched a poll in May with the goal of garnering enough votes to change the face of the money we use daily. The long list […]
In an emotional story that kicked off Immigrant Heritage Month 2015, Devious Maids star Dania Ramirez released a video detailing her family’s journey from the Dominican Republic to living the American Dream. The short documentary — directed by Ramirez and Bev Land and executive produced by GlobalGrind’s Michael Skolnik — takes viewers to the star’s New York City neighborhood, where she […]
UPDATE: 2:20 PM EST Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 21-year-old accused of setting off a pressure cooker bomb during the 2013 Boston Marathon, has been found guilty on all 30 counts. Tsarnaev was deemed responsible for the deaths of Krystle Campbell, Martin Richard, Lingzi Lu, and Sean Collier. Story developing… ——— A verdict has been reached in the Boston Marathon […]
UPDATE: 5:50 PM EST During a press conference Thursday, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said the blast appears to have been caused by plumbing and gas work inside the building. That building partially collapsed in flames, affecting four others nearby, the Associated Press reports. An investigation continues. ———- An explosion in Manhattan’s East Village caused a […]