Stop Waiting for Racism to Die Out With Old People. The Charleston Shooting...
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]YouTube Dylann Roof has been charged with murder for killing nine black people at a Charleston, South Carolina, church on June 17 in an attack that's...
View ArticleThe Confederate Cause in the Words of Its Leaders
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]As usual, Mr. Coates brings it, fully backed up with the history. It's not just the secession declarations but so much more. It's good to have it all...
View ArticleHere's One Confederate Flag That Shouldn't Be Taken Down
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]In the wake of the tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina, one might not expect to see a Confederate battle flag solemnly hanging in the heart of New...
View Article'It's Time for Good Cops to Do Something About Bad Cops'
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]Today's relationship between the Baltimore police department and the city's black residents was determined by neither Obama Administration statements...
View ArticleMisty Copeland
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]Amidst the recent spate of aggressive displays of racism (church shootings, church burnings, announced KKK rallies, etc.) it's nice to come across...
View Article10 Years Ago, We Lost Luther. Here's His Greatest Performance.
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]Until I came across this piece I hadn't realized that it's been 10 years since Luther Vandross died. He was one of my favorites since he first...
View ArticleWhy You Can't Be Pro-Black and Homophobic at the Same Time
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]There is no caveat or asterisk on the phrase "black lives matter." All black lives matter, not just the ones you are comfortable with. You cannot be...
View ArticleWhat Some Black Church Leaders Have Wrong About Gay Marriage -- and Civil Rights
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]Hopefully this sentiment will be seen and heard more often. According to The Christian Post, CAAP and other African American Christian leaders...
View ArticleTa-Nehisi Coates's 'Letter to My Son'
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]This is actually an excerpt from an upcoming book by Mr. Coates. I write you in your fifteenth year. I am writing you because this was the year you...
View ArticleConfederate Flag and N-Word Defenders Use the Same Lame Argument
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]In 2007, the NAACP staged a mock funeral for the racial slur, and yet today, the word is as popular as ever, as the Washington Post concluded last...
View ArticleSolar Power Is Mostly for the Affluent. Here's Obama's Plan to Spread the...
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]Low-income households face a number of barriers to going solar. They're less likely to own their own roof, less able to access loans or other...
View ArticleDonald Trump Is a Rapper
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]Consider the argument: Donald Trump was gifted with a surname that already sounds like a rapper's nom de microphone (though the savvy street poet...
View ArticleThe Progressive Victory You Haven't Heard Of: NYC's Ban on Employment Credit...
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]From universal pre-kindergarten to paid sick days, New York City's fight against inequality has grabbed national headlines. But recently, the...
View ArticleIran Nuclear Deal: Conservatives Have Opposed Every Diplomatic Breakthrough...
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]How, you might wonder, could Barack Obama be so naive? And what a strange coincidence that his naiveté was shared by David Cameron, Angela Merkel,...
View Article'I Would Give It an A': Why Nuclear Experts Love the Iran Deal
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]Video Jeffrey Lewis was so eager to read the Iran nuclear deal that he woke up at 3:30 a.m., California time, to pore through all 150-plus pages of...
View ArticleWhy Don't Settlements Over Brutality Come Out of Police Budgets?
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]The NYPD has a budget of over $4 billion. Even if the police department wasn't expected to bear 100 percent of the liability, what if they were asked...
View ArticleSandra Bland Death: Waller County, Texas's Long History of Racism and Brutality
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]Almost as soon as Bland died, her family and many black Americans assumed the worst. They were skeptical of official explanations and pessimistic...
View ArticleH. Brandt Ayers: Slyly Playing Race Card - the Anniston Star: Opinion
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]I came across this editorial via Richard Prince at The Root. The author is the publisher of the paper. Jaw dropping. As the whole imbroglio of the...
View Article#BlackLivesMatter Shows There Are Problems in American Life That Can't Be...
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]Democratic presidential candidates should take heed. They need to come up with a way to speak to this issue. Otherwise, in an Obama-less election,...
View ArticleMore Than a Million Minutes of Historical Video Added to YouTube
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]YouTube Associated Press and British Movietone are uploading more than a million minutes of footage to YouTube that documents the most momentous and...
View ArticleIf You Think Rubio or Kasich Won the Debate, You Do Not Understand the GOP Base
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]It will surely be interesting to see what the first post-debate polls tell us. The Republican base isn't looking for specific policy fixes. They're...
View ArticleI Watched All 12 Hours of the Unedited Planned Parenthood Videos. Here's What...
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]The videos are sting videos that are designed to smear Planned Parenthood. The unedited footage shows the fake buyers actively attempting to make the...
View ArticleWhy the 2016 Republican Nomination Can't Be Predicted Through History
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]This election season provides a fascinating frame to see if the polarization in politics, from Washington to the states to the public, is no...
View ArticleIf MLK Was Alive, He'd Make White People Just as Uncomfortable as...
Direct link to article... [littlegreenfootballs.com]Although the outpouring of affection at his funeral may make it seem like he died a widely loved and supported man, the truth is that a lot of his...
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