March 03, 2016
Color of Law
Executive Editor
There were so many black presenters — each accompanied by a white sidekick — you would’ve thought you were watching the BET Awards or the NAACP Image Awards, but for the total absence of black awardees.
At the Oscars, Chris Rock spoke the truth about racism, in light of the #OscarsSoWhite protest of the absence of melanin among this year’s Academy Awards…
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Commentary
“It’s the world’s most prestigious movie awards ceremony. But controversy over racial discrimination overshadowed the Oscars in Hollywood.”
“It’s the world’s most prestigious movie awards ceremony. But controversy over racial discrimination overshadowed the Oscars in Hollywood.” Watch “Are the Oscars Too White?”
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
"If you watch the movie 'From Montgomery to Memphis,' you'll notice that they don't mention one woman going through there. Not one. You almost never see their role put down in any of the reports about the Movement. You just get 'Dr. so-and-so from Alabama State College did such-and-such.'" She called sexism "one of the weaknesses of the civil rights movement."
Rosa Parks, who has been called the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement, well remembers the first time she met Septima Clark.It was at a civil…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
A unanimous vote against the DOJ’s consent decree doesn’t exactly shout racial change.
It was no surprise that protests ripped through the first meeting of the Ferguson City Council since the Council voted down the consent decree offered by…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
While legislation attempts to protect those whose privacy is violated, enforcement is too often challenging. Tens of thousands of students have their identities at risk, and they have little protection from hackers.
As the FBI battles with Apple about privacy protection and the need for the technology company to break down computer firewalls, I wonder who will, exactly,…
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Commentary
Columnist
The Cartel originally focused its energy on electing Republican and Democratic governors and state legislatures who would sign on to its specific education agenda and its broader goal to move public services into the private sector.
There is an old adage, “criminals always return to the scene of the crime.” That is a fitting description of the Cartel advocates for the privatization…
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