Time Magazine has released its short list for the annual Person of the Year award. Among the group of this year’s candidates are best-selling pop artist Taylor Swift; the first openly gay fortune 500 CEO, Tim Cook; Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir
Gangs appear to have grown more politically emboldened this past year, as protests have sprouted in response to police shootings of young black males. Gangs organizing with local politicians are not new, as some will point to New York’s Tammany
The NFL fined Chris Kluwe a few years back for wearing a patch supporting Ray Guy for the Hall of Fame and Jim McMahon a few decades back for mocking the commissioner with a “Rozelle” headband. But with the league
(AFP) Several NFL players showed their support Sunday for the “I can’t breathe” protests sweeping the United States demanding justice for black men who have died at the hands of white policemen. On Saturday, Chicago Bulls NBA star Derrick Rose
Hundreds of demonstrators convened on Hollywood Boulevard at noon on Saturday to protest peacefully and stage a die-in expressing their frustrations over grand jury decisions not to indict the officers involved in recent civilian deaths resulting from a variety of different
According to a new Bloomberg poll, “a majority of Americans, 53 percent, say the interactions between the white and black communities have deteriorated” since Obama took office back in 2008. But can you blame them? In the six years since
On “Fox News Sunday,” conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh said “grievance politics” is “tearing the country apart,” and that President Barack Obama is “promoting the division.” Limbaugh said, “A grievance politics in this country that’s tearing the country
Many celebrities didn’t wait to see what the grand jury in Ferguson, MO had to say about the death of Michael Brown. They started firing off their opinions via social media long before we learned officer Darren Wilson wouldn’t be
The Wu-Tang Clan dropped a new music video for their song “A Better Tomorrow” this weekend, cutting together footage from the recent protests over the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner with footage of speeches from President Obama, Martin
Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler put in five more rounds in their rivalry. But this time around Ruthless Robbie scored a controversial decision win. Lawler set a frenetic pace by bum-rushing Johny Hendricks in the first round of their welterweight
UPDATE: The suspect has been identified as Carlos Manuel Pena-Nieblas, a citizen of Mexico. He remains at large. The Border Patrol agent, who suffered lacerations to the face and a bone fracture, has now been released from the hospital. He
A 26-year-old white Bosnian woman was dragged out of her car early this morning and beaten by three black assailants in the same South St. Louis neighborhood that saw a Bosnian man bludgeoned to death with hammers earlier this week.
On her Saturday broadcast, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry argued that although she did not condone the arson and looting following the St. Louis grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of Michael Brown
Howard Kurtz, Fox News Media Analyst and host of “MediaBuzz,” argued that certain liberal commentators were trying to conflate the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases “in order to push an agenda” despite the fact that the two “are so
Hans von Spakovsky, writing in The National Interest, makes a powerful case that Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder have endangered the criminal justice system in their response to the Ferguson grand jury’s verdict. Spakovsky writes, “Perhaps the biggest
The mother and girlfriend of Rumain Brisbon, a black man killed by a white police officer Tuesday night in Phoenix, do not want the ensuing narrative to focus on race. Nora Brisbon, the victim’s mother, who is black, and Dana
On November 26, Politico Magazine (PM) ran a column suggesting police get the benefit of the doubt when accusations of “excessive force” are made, but “blacks and other minorities… [get] alleged police abuse.” PM argues that this is largely forgotten until “a
On Thursday “Inside the NBA” on TNT, panelists Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith discussed the issues of Garner, race and Ferguson in light of Barkley’s recent remarks on police and accusations of police brutality motivated by race. During that discussion,
Former NBA player Kenny Smith, now an analyst on TNT’s “Inside the NBA,” blasted fellow analyst Charles Barkley for his comments on events in Ferguson, Missouri, saying Barkley had no justification for offering his opinion. Barkley had stated: [Those expletives]
Protestors across California shut down roads and a freeway Thursday during demonstrations in solidarity with activists across the nation who are outraged by the non-indictment of police officers in the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in
Ricky Williams slammed the man who gave up a draft’s worth of picks to acquire him as a “white guy” who doesn’t understand police brutality. Former Bears and Saints coach Mike Ditka had criticized the lawlessness in Ferguson and the
A Texas Democratic Congressman is looking to honor a group of football players who took to the field with their hands up showing solidarity with the protesters in Ferguson Missouri who grew upset after a grand jury no billed the
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and lawmakers in the Congressional Black Caucus are suggesting that President Barack Obama invite the families of Michael Brown and Eric Garner to his State of the Union address in January. According to The Hill, Lewis
Egged on by cable TV talk show hosts agitating for “change,” protests have broken out from coast to coast disrupting sports games, travel on the roads, attacking police, and even making little kids cry at Christmas tree lighting events. On
On Thursday’s broadcast of FNC’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani sounded off on so-called race activist Al Sharpton and his role in race disputes over years – especially as he has come to the forefront
