By Nia-Malika Henderson, Senior Political Reporter Washington (CNN) — Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton a bigot. Clinton argued that Trump was normalizing white nationalism. Trump, speaking to a nearly all-white […]
Source: Associated Press By RACHEL ZOLL MACON, Ga. (AP) — There are two First Baptist Churches in Macon — one black and one white. They sit almost back-to-back, separated by […]
Source: Huffington Post By Mahmoud Mire; Unapologetically black and Muslim; I write about things I am passionate “If you are Muslim, and you love America and freedom and you hate […]
Source: BBC The governor of Maine has said that people of colour were enemies of his state, and appeared to suggest they should be shot. Speaking about Maine’s effort to […]
Hillary Clinton’s speech starts around minute 34 of above video and you can watch all of it Hillary Clinton Says ‘Radical Fringe’ Is Taking Over G.O.P. Under Donald Trump Source: […]
Anderson Cooper got together quite the panel to talk about Donald Trump‘s appeals to black voters this week. Trump supporter Kayleigh McEnany was on hand to back up her candidate’s […]
Source: Associated Press By JEFF HORWITZ WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s paid campaign staffers have declared on their personal social media accounts that Muslims are unfit to be U.S. citizens, […]
Source: Pew Research Center How social media users see, share and discuss race and the rise of hashtags like #BlackLivesMatter BY MONICA ANDERSON AND PAUL HITLIN Americans are increasingly turning to social media for news and political informationand to encourage others to get involved with a cause or movement. Social […]
Adrian Hedden, The Republic | azcentral.com At 36 years old, it was as if life was just beginning for Amanjeet Singh “Sonny” Toor. His wife, Kamaldeep Kaur, had finally made the move four months ago to Phoenix from India, six years after his own immigration journey. Toor was friendly, happy and hard-working. Even his […]
Source: CNN By Emanuella Grinberg (CNN)A Justice Department investigation found that the Baltimore Police Department engages in unconstitutional practices that led to disproportionate rates of stops, searches and arrests of African-Americans, and excessive use of force against juveniles and people with mental health disabilities. The Department of Justice monitored the […]
Source: Vox People of faith aren’t exempt from facing each generation’s political and ideological battles. Updated by Victoria M. Massie When Michelle Obama addressed the significance of the first black […]
First Lady Michelle Obama’s powerful speech endorsing Hillary Clinton at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Source: CNN By Sunlen Serfaty and Eric Bradner, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) Michelle Obama […]
Source: Huffington Post By Maxwell Strachan; Senior Editor, The Huffington Post Michael Jordan, the basketball great who faced criticism in the past for his unwillingness to wade into politics, has […]
Source: Time By J. Richard Cohen @splcenter J. Richard Cohen is president of the Southern Poverty Law Center Barbara Davidson—LA Times via Getty ImagesAll Lives Matter protesters come together for a […]
Source: BBC The man identified as the killer of three US police officers in Baton Rouge had posted videos complaining at police treatment of African Americans and urging them to […]
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe and Adelle Banks (RNS) In the wake of a string of racially tinged shootings, majority white churches — even those quiet in past years about […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times As President Barrack Hussein Obama speaks, with whom I share my middle name, First Lady Michelle Obama, Ex. […]
Source: Time By Eddie S. Glaude, Jr Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., is the chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University and the author ofDemocracy in Black. Langston […]
Source: RNS BY Tobin Grant The past 24 hours has put police violence to the forefront of our public debate. Post something about these shootings on your Facebook page or […]
Source: Huffington Post To condemn or not to condemn, that is the question. “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that’s wrong with the world.” […]