culture
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North Korea Allegedly Hacked Sony Pictures—Did Obama Respond in Kind?
President Barack Obama announced on Friday that the United States would levy a proportional attack against North Korea, since the East Asian giant is widely believed to be the cyber culprit responsible for hacking into the emails of Sony Pictures. So when North Korea’s Internet services went out cold on Monday, rumors began to circulate…
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NYC Mayor Encourages #BlackLivesMatter Protesters to Suspend Demonstrations
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is encouraging protesters rallying against racial bias in law enforcement and the criminal-justice system to suspend their demonstrations in light of the killing of two New York City police officers this past weekend in Brooklyn, the New York Times reports. “It’s time for everyone to put aside political…
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11 Signs Your Hood Is Being Gentrified
In Washington, D.C., as in many cities undergoing extreme urban makeovers, if you miss a week of moving about in certain neighborhoods, you’ll miss a whole heck of a lot. Sad times for you if you’re a landmark driver like I am, when even a short trip on familiar streets can induce a fog of…
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Assata Shakur’s Journey in Her Own Words
When President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. was restoring full diplomatic relations with Cuba, talk immediately turned to the fate of Assata Shakur, who evokes a sense of victory among some African Americans, primarily because she escaped imprisonment while serving a life sentence for a murder that many believe she did not commit. Shakur…
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As Conservatives Gear Up for a Crackdown, Some Advice for the Movement
As a nation ingests the tragic double slayings of two Brooklyn, N.Y., police officers, there’s little shortage of hot-headed Republican pols in open search of fresh liberal bogeymen to blame. With a resurrected civil rights movement now in our midst, we should have seen this coming. A perfect storm is brewing: A familiar, and mostly…
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NYPD Cop Killer’s Girlfriend Pleaded for Life
Before gunman Ismaaiyl Brinsley shot two New York City police officers, he attacked his girlfriend, leaving the distraught 29-year-old to flee to a neighbor to plead for her life, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, Shaneka Thompson, a health insurance specialist with the Veterans Administration and an Air Force reservist, pounded on her…
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Grizzlies Intern Who Had Car Stolen Gets a Special Gift From the NBA Team
Talk about a sweet Christmas surprise! Members of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies pulled together to buy the Tennessee team’s intern, identified as Brandon, a new car after his was stolen recently, the New York Daily News reports. “My man had a tough time. He lost his car; somebody stole it,” future Hall of Famer and…
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Former Milwaukee Cop Won’t Be Indicted for Fatal Shooting of Dontre Hamilton
The former Milwaukee cop responsible for the April 30 shooting death of Dontre Hamilton will not be criminally charged for the shooting, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm announced on Monday, according to the Journal Sentinel. “This was a tragic incident for the Hamilton family and for the community,” Chisholm wrote in the report announcing the…
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Volunteer Cop Resigns After Racist YouTube Comments Are Exposed
An auxiliary officer outside Cleveland who apparently spent a lot of his time watching YouTube videos—usually involving blacks and law enforcement—has resigned from the force after the Cleveland Scene exposed the officer’s offerings in the video website’s comments sections, where he frequently referred to blacks as “spooks” and “n—gers” and, in one comment posted in…
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NYPD Officer Caught on Video Punching Teen Is Suspended
Last week video surfaced of a plainclothes New York police officer punching a boy while other officers attempted to handcuff him, and now, according to news reports, that officer has been suspended. According to CBS New York, the incident occurred Monday shortly after school let out. Police were responding to a report of a person…