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Can Imperfect Crime Victims Get Justice?
(The Root) — The collective, sustained outrage and organizing in response to the Feb. 26, 2012, murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., by police enthusiast and self-appointed neighborhood-watch kingpin George Zimmerman has been both effective and inspiring. Trayvon’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, refused to accept that their son’s murder was justified…
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Black Chatter, Not Leadership
I’m about as disgusted with Cornel West’s political and personal attacks on President Obama and the ensuing back and forth among the academic punditocracy as I am with hearing about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s fornication, everything to do with any Kardashian and Oprah’s never-ending farewell. Frankly, it’s both boring and appalling that this verbal battle has taken…
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Remembering a Courageous Journalist
David W. Hardy, one of four plaintiffs in a groundbreaking and successful racial-discrimination suit filed in the 1980s against the New York Daily News, was buried Thursday. He died on Jan. 14 of a heart attack at age 68. After a grueling trial that was closely watched by both black journalists and white news organizations,…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
