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Behind The Music: Street Rappers & God
I was inspired to write this commentary after watching a Facebook video that I was tagged in by an “up and coming” Alabama rapper, Thay...
Why the U.S. has the most mass shootings
(CNN)When a gunman opened fire Wednesday on two Virginia journalists and the woman they were interviewing on live TV, he was influenced by a...
Study: Unprecedented support for ISIS in the U.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ued-6j_rqJQ
Washington (CNN)Support for ISIS in America has reached an unprecedented level with several thousand U.S.-based sympathizers and more terrorism-related arrests in 2015 than any...
LEADERS OF WARMING EARTH MEET IN PARIS TO CUT EMISSIONS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjlMd_6QqDQ
LE BOURGET, France (AP) -- The largest group of world leaders ever to stand together kicked off two weeks of high-stakes climate talks outside...
Outrage after South Carolina officer throws, arrests student in classroom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUax3HOuGMk
(CNN)The video shows a South Carolina school resource officer standing over a student, seated at her desk. He puts his arm near her neck,...
CLASHES INTENSIFY IN SYRIA FROM RUSSIA-BACKED OFFENSIVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aJ-zV1wDXE
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Clashes intensified Thursday between Syrian troops and insurgents in central and northwestern Syria, part of what a top general called...
Alabama, Birthplace of the Voting Rights Act, Is Once Again Gutting...
Alabama passed a strict voter-ID law and then closed 31 DMV offices in the state.
because of its brutality against black citizens in places like Selma....
Judge Withdraws All Arrest Warrants Before 2015 in Ferguson
By Krystal Franklin, BlackAmericaWeb.com
An order to withdraw all arrest warrants issued in Ferguson, Missouri before December 31, 2014 was announced today.
CNN reports:
Municipal Court Judge Donald McCullin,...
Penn GSE Report Offers District-By-District Look At How Black Students Are...
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In schools across the United States, Black students are punished more severely than their peers. But nowhere are Black...
A Message to American Mothers About Sex in the Military
Amnesty International just made a decision regarding decriminalizing the sex industry and I frankly wonder if they understand anything about it. In the dialogue...