After the arrest of Rosa Parks on a segregated Montgomery bus just over 65 years ago, a seismic shift in American life began. The Montgomery Bus Boycott, led in part by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was the first major event in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and…
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Coast Guard Lieutenant Plots Mass Killing of Liberals
We need a white homeland as Europe seems lost. By Frank Kineavy Authorities have arrested a 49-year old coast guard lieutenant plotting to conduct a mass killing. His hit list included prominent Democratic politicians as well as several journalists from CNN and MSNBC. According to CNN, Christopher Paul Hasson is…
Archived: Activists, Celebrities to Join Women's March on Washington
The day after President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office on Friday in Washington, D.C., hundreds of thousands of protesters from across the country will descend upon the city. Women’s March on Washington, a grassroots women-led movement, will bring an estimated 200,000 people of all genders and backgrounds together to…
Archived: Van Jones, #Cut50 Petition Obama to Grant More Clemencies in Final Days of Presidency
With a change in administration, it’s uncertain if criminal justice reform will continue. By Sheryl Estrada President Barack Obama, the first president to visit a federal prison and discuss criminal justice reform, created a clemency initiative to cut short long mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent offenders imposed during the “war…
Archived: CNN's Van Jones: 'White-lash' Against a Changing U.S. Led to Trump's Win
UPDATED: Nov. 10, 2016, 7:50 a.m. ET Jones’ commentary sums up the fear and pain of many Americans as a result of Tuesday’s election a “nightmare.” By Sheryl Estrada Republican candidate Donald Trump defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s presidential election. He is the first person to…
Archived: NY Assemblyman Said Cop Slammed Him on Gate, Excessive Force Due to Race
New York Assemblyman Michael Blake, who just last week spoke with DiversityInc about racial profiling and the need for criminal justice reform, was himself roughly handled by police this weekend in a situation he says was heightened because he is Black.Blake was one of 40 national leaders who appeared on…
Archived: Will Criminal Justice Reform Ever Happen A Discussion Moderated by Van Jones Offers Answers
Criminal justice reform has long been an issue that has eluded tangible results. And with the negative consequences of what many consider to be a broken system becoming ever more apparentespecially among people and communities of colora major push is underway to finally enact change in the system. Coinciding with…