culture
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Selma Documents Black History That Still Lives Today
The Dec. 25 release of the movie Selma showcases not only one of the key chapters in the civil rights movement but also one of the most important episodes in American history, one that paved the way for more recent social-justice struggles. Directed by Ava DuVernay and starring David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr.,…
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Don’t Let Them Make a Cop Killer the Face of the Movement
The deaths of two New York City police officers are tragic. They were two men of color who likely experienced the realities of a racist society and were unjustifiably slain. Ismaaiyl Brinsley killed Asian-American and Hispanic-American officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos by shooting them at point-blank range while they sat in their police vehicle…
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Justine Sacco ‘Really Suffered’ After Insensitive AIDS Tweet
A former public relations executive, whose offensive tweet about AIDS went viral a year ago, is reportedly featured in a soon-to-be-released book in which she discusses the fallout, according to the Hollywood Reporter, citing a report at BuzzFeed News. Justine Sacco, the former IAC public relations executive, said the experience was traumatic, she tells Jon…
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Report: Muhammad Ali Hospitalized With Pneumonia
Muhammad Ali, the famed 72-year-old boxer and activist, was admitted to an undisclosed hospital Saturday with pneumonia, with a good prognosis for recovery, his spokesman, Bob Gunnell, said, according to CNN. “Ali, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, is being treated by his team of doctors and is in stable condition,” Gunnell said in a statement.…
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Watch: New Video Shows Ray Rice and Janay Palmer Kissing After Infamous Elevator Punch
New video footage of NFL free agent Ray Rice in the aftermath of the infamous February assault against his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, surfaced Saturday in the news. Security-camera footage released exclusively by ABC News shows Palmer shortly after the assault as she is questioned by police in the lobby of an Atlantic City, N.J., casino…
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Gunman ‘Assassinates’ 2 NYPD Cops, Leaves Social Media Messages About Revenge on Cops
Amid escalating tensions between police and some New York City communities, a lone gunman, who reportedly vowed online to shoot two “pigs” in retaliation for the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, allegedly killed two officers execution-style in a patrol car before running to a subway station and killing himself, authorities said, according to…
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Tuskegee Airman Lowell Steward Dies at 95
Lowell Steward, a former Tuskegee Airman who flew nearly 200 missions in Europe during World War II, died Wednesday at a hospital in Ventura, Calif., The Guardian reports. He died of natural causes, said his son Lowell Steward Jr. Steward joined the Army Air Corps and trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama…
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North Korea Seeks Joint Probe in Sony Hacking
North Korea on Saturday proposed an investigation with the United States into the hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, warning of “serious” consequences if Washington rejects a probe that Pyongyang says will clear it of orchestrating the breach, the Associated Press reports. Analysts viewed the proposal as a charade by North Korea to try to…
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Prosecutor ‘Manipulated’ Ferguson Grand Jury, Lawmaker Alleges
A Missouri lawmaker has accused St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert P. McCulloch of “manipulating” the grand jury in the explosive Ferguson, Mo., case to clear white Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal Aug. 9 shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown, the Associated Press reports. State Rep. Karla May (D-St. Louis) called for the…