To be female, Black and patriotic
For many Black Americans, the stars and stripes have always carried a dual meaning.
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Follow The Money: Right-Wing Funding Of 'Pink Slime' Websites Tracked In New Study
Unlike Fox or Newsmax, Metric Media's 1,200 or so outlets fly under the radar, publishing their partners’ messages on sites that purport to be a solution to the local news crisis. -
Boston Launches Free Swim Lessons, Lifeguard Training Through A Partnership For Swim Safety
The goal is to train at least 300 students and adults to swim and hire and train 60 young people as new lifeguards at YMCA locations in Roxbury, Dorchester and Hyde Park. -
Get Out And Vote, Even In The So-Called 'Off-Year' Elections
Go to the polling booth to honor those bloodied in the civil rights struggle, and to have a say in your city's leadership. -
A Tidal Wave Of Documents Exposes The Depths Of Facebook’s Depravity
The social media giant may change its name. But unless it stops amplifying disinformation and hate speech, either voluntarily or through government action, the problems documented in recent weeks will remain. -
I Never Shared Colin Powell’s Politics, But I’m Grieving His Death
The controversial former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was a lauded member of the larger family of African American ‘firsts.’ -
The Black Church Helped R. Kelly Avoid Prison
Among the wide web of enablers who kept justice from being served: self-serving Black Christian leaders. -
Why Does The Media Shrug Over Claims That Former Trump Aide Corey Lewandowski Bragged About Killing Two Men?
This isn’t a matter of political commentators gaming out how murder plays with undecided voters in swing states. This is as serious as it gets. -
Considering Tsarnaev's Fate: Death, Or Life In Solitary Confinement
The guilt of the Boston Marathon bomber is not in question. But the course of justice raises uncomfortable questions.
