GOP State Rep. Introduces Bill That Denies Welfare To Parents of Children...
Tennessee state rep Stacey Campfield introduced a bill that would make welfare benefits contingent upon the grades of a recipient's children, insisting it will hold parents accountable. But it sounds...
View ArticleMississippi Finally Gets Around to Ratifying 13th Amendment Banning Slavery
Nearly 150 years after the 13th amendment was ratified by three-fourths of the states, Mississippi has finally gotten around to officially banning slavery. Wow.
View ArticleKKK Granted Protest Permit in Memphis
The Loyal White Knights - a Ku Klux Klan chapter - has been granted a permit to protest the renaming of three public parks in Memphis, TN. The names of the three parks are all related to the Confederacy.
View Article1965 Voting Rights Act Being Challenged in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court's conservative justices have expressed skepticism regarding a key element of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, specifically a provision that forces states with a history of discrimination...
View ArticleOpenly Gay Mississippi Mayoral Candidate Found Dead
Openly gay mayoral candidate Marco McMillian was found dead near a Mississippi River levee. McMillian was the first openly gay person to be a viable candidate for public office in the state. His death...
View ArticleMurdered Clarksdale Mayoral Candidate Marco McMillian Was Beaten, Dragged,...
Details have emerged regarding the murder of openly gay Clarksdale, Mississippi mayoral candidate Marco McMillian. According to the coroner, he was beaten, dragged, and set ablaze by his murderer....
View ArticleCivil Rights Leaders Speak Out Against Conferderate Flag Display at Old NC...
Civil Rights leaders are speaking out against the hanging of a confederate flag inside of the Old North Carolina Capitol building. The state's intent is to replicate the building's antebellum...
View ArticleGeorgia Students Organize First-Ever Integrated Prom at Their High School
A group of Rochelle, Georgia students are attempting to organize the first integrated prom at their school. And they're being met with resistance; signs promoting the idea have been torn down, and the...
View ArticleLL Cool J and Brad Paisley Collaborate on Bizarre Country-Rap Song...
On this episode of When Keeping it Post-Racial Goes (Terribly, Terribly) Wrong: LL Cool J and country singer Brad Paisley have made a song. It's called "Accidental Racist," and it is horrific. And...
View ArticleRhymes & Reasons Interviews Rapsody About the Hip Hop Songs that Changed Her...
Rhymes and Reasons interviews female emcee Rapsody about the Hip Hop songs that changed her life: MC Lyte's "Poor Georgie, " The Fugees' “Ready or Not,” and Method Man's and Mary J. Blige's “All I...
View Article8 Year-Old Follows Tenn. Lawmaker Around State Capitol; Shames Him Into...
8 year-old Aamira Fetuga followed Tennessee lawmaker Sen. Stacey Campfield (R) around the state capitol until he agreed to drop a bill linking welfare benefits to a student's academic performance.
View ArticleLouisiana City Set to Ban Saggy Pants
A city in Louisiana is set to ban saggy pants. An ordinance has been passed in The Terrebonne Parish Council and is expected to be signed by the Parish President. Is a ban on saggy pants necessary? Is...
View ArticleMany Feared Dead, Dozens Injured After MASSIVE Explosion at Texas Plant
A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in a small Texas town has left an unknown number of people dead and dozens injured, and leveled homes and buildings blocks away. The explosion occurred around...
View ArticleMississippi Mayoral Candidate Admits to Past Life as a Prostitute
Vicksburg, MS mayoral candidate Linda Fondren has admitted to working as a prostitute 30 years ago; her current husband was actually one of her clients. She believes her past should not disqualify her...
View ArticleYouth Civil Rights Activists Finally Get A Prom, Fifty Years Later
Young people from Birmingham, AL that took part in Dr. King's Children's March in 1963 were denied their proms in their home city. Now fifty year later, an event has been organized to give those...
View ArticleDemonstrations Against Conservative Agenda Continue in North Carolina
A group of ministers, students, and activists have been engaging in civil disobedience in North Carolina, in protest of a conservative agenda that attacks voting rights, health care for the poor, and...
View ArticleGunmen Open Fire on New Orleans Parade, Injuring 19
Gunmen open fired on a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans yesterday. Nineteen people were shot, including 10 men, 3 women, and a little boy and girl. Fortunately, no one was killed.
View ArticleCivil Rights Activist Chokwe Lumumba Elected Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
Civil rights activist and ex-black nationalist Chokwe Lumumba has been elected Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi.
View Article84 Arrested in 7th Week of North Carolina Protests
Mass protests against the policies of the GOP-controlled legislature continue in North Carolina. Moral Monday protests in the North Carolina General Assembly building led to 84 arrests. Over 500 have...
View ArticlePaula Deen Basically Admits to Being Racist in Deposition
So, apparently Paula Deen's recipes come with tons and tons of butter and a healthy dose of old school, antebellum-flavored racism. The queen of southern cooking essentially admitted that she is racist...
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