injustice

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland’s three major professional sports franchises — the Browns, Cavaliers and Indians — are teaming up to fight social injustice. The move comes one day after the NBA postponed playoff games, and other leagues followed suit, amid a player-led boycott to protest the shooting of a Black man by police in Wisconsin. […]

When talking about injustices in today’s society, we must have a plan. Shaun King has realized that almost nobody has a plan. King said, “when I ask people their plans, they tell me their problems.” We can very easily recall details and stories of injustice and even the names of those who have done us […]

On Thursday’s I like to give you an injustice rundown to tell you all about not just incidents of police brutality, but of racism and discrimination as well. Before I do that, I want to make two quick points. First, people often ask me why I share videos of police brutality if we’re getting so […]

On most mornings I speak to you about some type of injustice going on in our world – and Lord knows we have an endless number of cases I could pull from, but this morning I’d like to mix it up a bit and go in a very different direction. We live in a time […]

This morning I want to tell you three painful stories of injustice. In each of them, police and prosecutors not only failed these young Black men, they conspired against them to destroy their lives – evidence of their innocence be damned. Thankfully, all three men survived to tell their story, but suffered immensely in the […]

Rallies & petitions grow for the rapper Meek Mill I want to preface what I’m about to say by first making it clear that I’m not a Meek Mill fan. I couldn’t name even one song the rapper has ever performed. I said that to say that I am not writing this from the position […]

Another dead black man. Another mysterious death. Another federal investigation. And yet, there are no immediate answers for why Alfred Wright, a 28-year-old physical therapist and a married father of three, was found dead in a field in Jasper, Texas. Not one. What makes this case more curious — and insidious — is that Wright […]

With the continuing challenges of Black America in mind, despite our first African-American president, it’s a good time to come together. This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. In commemoration of that historic day 50 years ago, there will be […]