By Peter White MEMPHIS, TN — Wendi Thomas runs an online news operation in Memphis called MLK50. She specializes in investigations that do not endear her to the power elite there. Memphis Mayor Jim Stickland put her on his personal blacklist. She is suing him. The Tribune talked with Thomas about producing news for the underclass. “We’re not a black publication, but we frame the news from the perspective of the most vulnerable.” she said. Thomas came up with the idea when she worked at the Commercial Appeal, a Memphis daily. Thomas handled the paper’s coverage for the 40th anniversary…
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By Denitsa Tsekova Yahoo WASHINGTON, DC — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed support for more stimulus payments in the next round of government coronavirus relief, specifically if the checks target low-income Americans. When asked at a public appearance in Kentucky on Monday, McConnell said the direct payment “could well” be part of the next round of stimulus. “I think the people who have been hit the hardest are people who make about $40,000 a year or less, many of them work in the hospitality industry,” McConnell said. “The hospitality industry, as all of you know, just got rim-racked —…
By Black Press USA/NNPA Momentous events can occur in an instant, but more often they emerge after a long build-up. The explosion of protests all over the world was such a moment following the George Floyd killing. And Ben Crump who has been called the African American family emergency plan received yet another call from an African American family who was devastated unexpectedly by an unjustifiable killing at the hands of the police. This is not out of the ordinary for the North Carolina native Ben Crump who moved to South Florida when he was 12 years old. He first…
By Niall Stanage/The Hill WASHINGTON, DC — President Trump waded anew into racial controversy on Monday, criticizing NASCAR for banning the Confederate flag at its events. In the same tweet, Trump suggested that the sport’s only Black driver, Bubba Wallace, should “apologize” over an incident where a rope tied into a noose was found in the driver’s garage at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. Trump lambasted the incident as a “HOAX” — an investigation found the rope had been there for months, though it was not Wallace who first found it — and added, “That & Flag decision has caused…
One hundred years ago, on Feb. 13, 1920, Rube Foster — the outsize owner of the Chicago American Giants — walked into the Paseo YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri. Trailing Foster were 11 other men: three sportswriters, Cary B. Lewis of the Chicago Defender, David Wyatt of the Indianapolis Ledger, and Charles Marshall of the Indianapolis Freeman; attorney Elisha Scott; and the owners of seven other black baseball teams. This was Foster’s meeting. He’d arranged it and he led it. On his agenda was one item: Create a Negro baseball league with a national footprint equal to that of the…
By Maya Smith Memphis Flyer MEMPHIS, TN — A group of Black clergy members said they were “surprised and upset” by city officials’ at last week’s press conference in which they laid out steps to reform the Memphis Police Department (MPD). Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland told the public that over the past four weeks his administration has been meeting with clergy members and other concerned citizens to discuss ways to improve MPD. City officials announced that the group has reached a consensus around five reforms, which include: • MPD updated its policies to include the sentiment of “8 Can’t Wait”…
By Larry Neumeister Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s niece offers a scathing portrayal of her uncle in a new book obtained by The Associated Press that credits a “perfect storm of catastrophes” for exposing the president at his worst. Mary L. Trump, a psychologist, writes that the coronavirus pandemic, the possibility of an economic depression and deepening social divides have brought out the “worst effects” of Donald Trump’s pathologies, which were less evident when the country had a stable economy and the lack of serious crises. Those factors, along with “Donald’s penchant for division, and uncertainty…
By Robert Thompson Founder of InterracialDatingCentral.com What is race? That four-letter word that has plagued American culture since its inception, as it turns out, may not even be real, but rather a political and financial ruse used to manipulate and separate people. According to a 2018 National Geographic article titled, There’s No Scientific Basis for Race – It’s a Made Up Label, “Over the past few decades, genetic research has revealed two deep truths about people. The first is that all humans are closely related—more closely related than all chimps even though there are many more humans around today. Everyone…
President Trump has undermined an urgent message from the country’s top health officials by refusing to wear a mask. The first in a series about COVID-19 and how the White House, Governor Bill Lee’s administration, and Metro health officials responded to the crisis. NASHVILLE, TN – Back in the Watergate era when President Richard Nixon was facing impeachment, the big question was: “What did the President know and when did he know it?” Rather than come clean, Nixon chose to resign instead. Donald Trump has not been removed from office and so he keeps on telling lies. Three times in…
By Karley Chilombo TORRANCE, CA PRNewswire — At the end of March, nearly 250 students and coaches from 48 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were set to travel to California to compete for the national championship title in the 31st annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), America’s premier academic competition for HBCUs. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Honda made the difficult decision to cancel the HCASC National Championship Tournament for 2020, reallocating funds from the program to partner with HBCUs and support their local communities. Honda has joined together with 58 HBCUs—including the 48 HBCUs that would have…