Systemic racism, sexism, and sexual harassment are staples in Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department while the mayor, city council, and police chief sit silently behind a blue wall colored in shame. All of that and so much more are alleged in explosive claims made by 10 African American MPD officers. According to Civil Rights Lawyer Pamela Keith, at least 20 officers have come forward since the first action in October. Before all filings conclude, Keith said there might be hundreds more to join. While MPD terminated some of the officers, some remained on the job. Two additional lawsuits were filed…
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By Congresswoman Nikema Williams | Chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia Last holiday season, our country and our state were in the midst of three once-in-a-generation crises — a deadly pandemic that has afflicted over 1.6 million Georgians’ health, worsening economic turmoil that left over 270,000 Georgians unemployed, and an increasingly partisan division in our politics that caused many of us to wonder if our democracy would make it out the other end. But it wasn’t fear that brought us a brighter day — it was hope. Georgians had hope that President Biden and Vice President Harris would lead us…
NASHVILLE, Tenn., – (TN Tribune) – Leading financial wellness and workforce training company, BC Holdings of Tennessee, LLC, announces today it has been named to the Forbes Next 1000 list in December 2021. This new national initiative by Forbes celebrates self-funded entrepreneurs who are redefining what it means to build and run a business today. BC Holdings of Tennessee was selected to the Forbes Next 1000 for the company’s innovative financial education platform and proven track record with hundreds of customers including the Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, CVS, Meharry Medical College and New York University. “We’re incredibly…
NASHVILLE – Beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, December 31, free bus rides will be available on WeGo Public Transit bus routes, and service on 17 routes will be extended until 2:30 a.m. Saturday, January 1, 2022. The WeGo Star special event train will also be available on New Year’s Eve as a safe ride for those celebrating the new year. Masks are required onboard all WeGo vehicles. WeGo Bus Service (Sunday/Holiday service until 11:15 p.m., additional service begins at 12:45 a.m.) WeGo will operate Sunday/Holiday bus service until 11:15 p.m. Customer Care personnel will be available to assist customers from…
If we’re lucky enough to be on good terms and close enough to visit, the holidays mean family time. These folks are in our lives, period. We didn’t choose them and they’re not going anywhere. So, if you have relatives who spout opinions but don’t know the difference between facts and propaganda, here’s a suggestion. Avoid politics. That’s right. Don’t talk politics, talk policy. Ignore opinion, elevate facts, pass the gravy. This is especially important when it comes to how we handle firearms in TN and in our country. Three quick examples. When a cousin declares, “Bad guys will always…
By Tony D. Vick It took the jury only thirty minutes on that Wednesday afternoon to decide that Alejandro Gauna, who was seventeen at the time of the crime, was guilty of 1st degree murder. The choice before them after that, was only two-fold: A Life Sentence with the Possibility of Parole, or Life Without Parole. This decision proved not be as easy as the first – a hung jury. Therefore, the judge was left to pass sentence of Life with the Possibility of Parole. So on May 8, 2008, Tipton County Judge Joseph Walker turned young Alejandro over to…
ByDavid Waters The quarter-final soccer match for the 2021 Fall State Cup was about to begin in Murfreesboro, and the team from Memphis had a problem. Tennessee State Soccer Association rules require players to wear socks that match the color of their jerseys. That helps referees keep watch over a game played primarily with legs and feet. The team of teenagers from Memphis, Play Where You Stay, or PWYS, wore black jerseys, but only seven players were wearing black socks. So PWYS, competing in its first state cup tournament, had to start the match on that cold, rainy last Saturday…
Study shows people are less likely to respond to Black senders. Study shows people are less likely to respond to Black senders. Black people face everyday microaggressions and racism at work – and a study has shown how. It found that people are less likely to reply to emails if they think the sender may be Black. The large-scale research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, observed a quarter of a million Americans to draw its conclusions. The researchers, whose main focus was racial biases in communication, contacted 250,000 email addresses taken from nationwide voter…
(CNN) Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric whose good humor, inspiring message and conscientious work for civil and human rights made him a revered leader during the struggle to end apartheid in his native South Africa, has died. He was 90. In a statement confirming his death on Sunday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his condolences to Tutu’s family and friends, calling him “a patriot without equal.” ”A man of extraordinary intellect, integrity and invincibility against the forces of apartheid, he was also tender and vulnerable in his compassion for those who had suffered oppression, injustice and violence…
ByChris Lumsdenvia GMA A North Carolina man is on a mission to spread Christmas cheer in a diverse way. Photographer Stafford Braxton founded Santas Just Like Me in 2013 to help bring a more diverse pool of Santas to the region and “add a little color to your Christmas.” “Growing up, most of the Black characters that I saw on television were painted in an unfavorable light,” Braxton told “Good Morning America.” “Having a Black Santa experience allows us to show how diverse America truly is.” Braxton said it’s important for children of color to see themselves represented in all facets of…