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Guilty Plea in Attempted Bombing of Spokane Martin Luther King Day Parade

The Editors — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:35:17 +0000

By The Editors
A Washington state men, with an extensive links to a neo-Nazi website and white-supremacist organizations, has pleaded guilty to attempting to bomb the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade last January 17.

England Struggles to Understand Causes of Riots

The Editors — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:43:11 +0000

By George E. Curry
England’s attempt to fully understand rioting touched off by a policeman’s fatal shooting of Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old black man, in many ways mirror the debate that followed the urban unrest that the United Statesunderwent in the wake of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination in 1968.

Bin Laden: Equal Opportunity Killer

The Editors — Tue, 03 May 2011 20:13:33 +0000

By Kenneth J. Cooper
Don’t cry for Osama.

Unofficial ‘Apology’ to Recy Taylor Falls Short of Desired Mark

The Editors — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:58:34 +0000

By TaRessa Stovall
Why a personal instead of an official apology for the lack of justice in a Jim Crow attack whose victim is still alive…and waiting?

Suspected Arrested in Attempting Bombing of Martin Luther King Day Parade

The Editors — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:46:14 +0000

By The Editors
Federal authorities have arrested a Washington state resident with an alleged long history of posting to a white-supremacist website and charged him with attempting to bomb the Martin Luther King Day Parade in Spokane, Washington on January 17.

Some Things Never Change

The Editors — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:27:20 +0000

By The Editors
Shaun Winkler would have approved if American citizens, be they marchers or onlookers, gathered for a peaceful purpose, had been injured or killed by the exploding bomb.

‘Domestic Terrorism’ Nipped in Bud on MLK Parade Route

The Editors — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:33:17 +0000

By TaRessa Stovall
On January 17, a sophisticated bomb with a remote detonator was discovered on the route of the Martin Luther King Day Parade in Spokane, Washington about an hour before hundreds of residents were set to march past in the spirit of justice, equality and nonviolence. The FBI described the incident as “domestic terrorism.”

55 Years Later, Emmett Till Murder Still Haunts

The Editors — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:58:51 +0000

By Stacey Patton
August 28th marks the 55th anniversary of the brutal murder of 14 year-old Emmett Louis Till. In the summer of 1955 he was forced out of his bed in the middle of the night at gunpoint by white men, thrown on the back of a pick-up truck and driven to a barn where he was beaten, castrated, and shot. His crime – whistling at a white woman named Carolyn Bryant, the wife a Mississippi grocery store owner.

Violence, Gun Rights, and Compassionate Progressivism

The Editors — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:08:27 +0000

By Khalil Gibran Muhammad
In the coming weeks, as Chicago officials extend handgun rights to its citizens in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision, and politicians debate whether or not urban residents will be better protected by armed soldiers, important lessons from the past should not go unheeded.

A Crack In The Danziger Bridge Cover-Up

The Editors — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:41:12 +0000

By Lee A. Daniels Lieutenant Michael Lohmann, who supervised the police investigation of the so-called Danziger Bridge shooting, pleaded guilty in federal district court in New Orleans to one count of conspiring to obstruct justice.

What the Amy Bishop Case Says About Race and Crime

The Editors — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:15:06 +0000

By Janet Singleton Several days have passed since Maria Ragland Davis, Adriel Johnson, and Gopi Podila were murdered in a mass shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). But what could make the point blank killings of three innocent PhD scientists even more disheartening?

HAITI 90999/YELE 501501 or: How I Learned to Stop Fretting and Appreciate Social Networks

The Editors — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:25:38 +0000

By Jill Nelson
The Haitian earthquake crisis will be remembered as the moment in which the technology and platforms that enable social networking were used and transformed by ordinary citizens—the period when Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and other social networking sites became agents of change, and technology transcended commercialism, politics, personality, and trivia.

Update: President Obama Signs Hate Crimes Law Expansion

The Editors — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:37:15 +0000

By The Editors Related Links Congress Extends Hate Crimes Law Protections to Gay Men and Lesbians; Obama Expected to Sign the Measure Declaring that “we must stand against crimes that are meant not only to break bones, but to break spirits—not only to inflict harm, but to instill fear,” President Obama has signed historic legislation [...]

36 Children of Color Dead in Chicago

The Editors — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:12:00 +0000

By Stacey Patton
All 36 of these schoolchildren, mostly black and a few Latinos, were killed in the streets of Chicago during the past nine months. They were shot, stabbed, beaten with bats, kicked to death, burned and run over by cars.

‘Do We Not Bleed?’ Sticks and Stones and Needless Tragedy

The Editors — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:36:13 +0000

By Rev. Susan Newman On Easter Monday, April 13, when many children were enjoying a holiday from school and still eating chocolate bunnies, 11 year old Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover of Springfield, Massachusetts, was being eulogized.

Chris Brown and Rihanna: The Next Ike and Tina?

The Editors — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:02:47 +0000

By Esther Armah We know Ike and Tina's story. We're still learning Chris and Rihanna's. And that of every other black girl who knows Rihanna's bruises intimately, who has stared in the mirror at unrecognizable features.

Choosing to Make the World Safer for Our Daughters

The Editors — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:47:04 +0000

By Asha Bandele As the drama between music superstars Chris Brown and Rihanna unfolds in the headlines, I remember the year 2006 and some boy-on-girl violence that hit uncomfortably close to home.