Ferguson has shown America more than we want to see about ourselves, and that includes how many of us view race — or rather, don’t. New numbers show that some Americans think race is getting more attention than it deserves in the discussion surrounding Mike Brown’s death.
This morning marks nine days and nights of protests in Ferguson, MO surrounding the killing of Michael Brown on August 9 by police officer Darren Wilson. Now Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton, whose son was fatally shot by George Zimmerman in 2012, has reached out to Brown’s mother Lesley McSpadden with a letter.
I would like to throw a brick at a cop in Ferguson. Any cop. All the cops. As a black male, I would like to fight back, violently, against the forces that have hunted me all my life, and will hunt my son all his life.
Your Grey's Anatomy boyfriend Jesse Williams added "hot political activist who chastises CNN while appearing on CNN" to his resume this weekend.
Today, federal officials announced they will perform an independent autopsy on the body of Michael Brown, at the request of his family.
Following another night of tension, looting, and tear gas, today, Governor of Missouri Jay Nixon signed an order declaring a state of emergency in Ferguson and instating a curfew. You have got to be kidding me.
The band of trigger-happy chickens running the Ferguson Police Department finally released the name of the officer who gunned down unarmed 18-year-old Mike Brown. But we can't let one halfassed gesture of goodwill erase what has happened in the past week. We need to stay angry, and stay woke.
After nearly one week of trampling the constitution and showing the world what militarized racism looks like, Ferguson Police finally released the name of Michael Brown’s shooter this morning. His name is Darren Wilson.
This morning Anonymous tweeted the name of the police officer they claim killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri on Saturday, August 9. The name has not been confirmed by national media nor Ferguson police because of death threats that have been levied against the officer and his family. Ironic, no?
These days, we are constantly being sold products and experiences but now, companies are getting more trixsy. Instead of just airing a commercial selling a trip to Las Vegas, the city’s Convention & Visitors Authority is collaborating with shows like Logo’s RuPaul’s Drag Race, drawing in fans of the program and…
Barneys has finally made amends with those black people it accused of being too poor to shop at their store last fall. How? By paying them $525,000 and hiring an anti-racism consultant to help them into 2014 where folks of color can afford stuff. I call bullshit.
