October 2016 Archive

As Trump conjures the voter fraud boogeyman, suppression is the real issue
By Anal Challet Contributing Writer (Special from New America Media) – As Donald Trump roams the country encouraging hatred of immigrants and distrust of the election process, in many places it’s immigrants ...
Jay-Z becomes first rapper nominated for Songwriters Hall Of Fame
(EURWeb) — Jay-Z made history last week as the first rapper to be nominated for the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Sylvester “Sly Stone” Stewart and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds are also among ...
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White terror group arrested on eve of attack on U.S.-Somalis
(TriceEdneyWire.com/GIN) — Three white American men are under arrest and charged with plotting to blow up an apartment complex and mosque in a suburb of Kansas inhabited by refugees from ...
Race and beyond: Say it ain’t so
By Sam Fulwood III NNPA Guest Columnist Out in the wilds of the Internet exist two sets of memes establishing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a champion of progressive ...
We must set the political agenda
By Rev. Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Sexual boasting, emails, tax returns, deplorables — the second presidential debate featured insults wrapped up in put-downs. This debate was held within miles of Ferguson, ...
What’s going on?
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Every woman and every Black person in this country must be asking, “What’s Going On?” Forty-three times, white men have held dominance in ...
President Obama’s last 100 days
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The countdown to President Obama’s last one hundred days began on October 13. Already, the President has committed to spending his waning days in office ...
The cost of living
By James Clingman TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Since our political discussions are now X-Rated, so much so that we must ask the children to leave the room before we watch the news, the ...
Increasing transparency and building trust
Marc H. Morial President /CEO, National Urban League Following an explosive succession of high-profile police killings—many of them of unarmed African-American men—the Justice Department is poised to spearhead an ambitious, nationwide initiative ...
Justice on hold
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor When it comes to Black men, women and children, justice can be a tricky thing. Kind of like coaxing a firefly into a jar, getting a rock to ...

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