Selma
Why Taking a Racist Traitor's Name Off That Bridge In Selma Is a Terrible Idea
There is a movement underway, backed by a Change.org petition, to change the name of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama because it is named after a despicable racist traitor. It is also the place where, 50 years ago this week, future Congressman John Lewis and many ...read more
Al Sharpton Calls "Emergency Meeting" To Address Crisis of Oscar Nominations Not Turning Out the Way He Wants
You have to wonder, once the Oscar nominations were made public on Thursday morning, whether each separate member of the Academy immediately felt a pit at the bottom of his or her stomach, knowing what was coming. There's no way the individual voters didn't look at the totality ...read more