Ever wonder why there is such a disparity between the number of African-Americans in prison vs. the number of Anglos? Here's something to consider. Folks like the Big Creek Six involved in the torture of Megan Williams are able to walk the streets while others do prison time for lesser...
According to cnn.com , six West Virginia residents have been charged with kidnapping, torturing and sexually assaulting a Charleston woman for at least a week. 20-year-old Megan Williams had stab wounds on her left leg and bruises around her eyes. A WSAZ news report says that the 4'11" Williams was...
There will be no posts today in remembrance of the 2,998 people who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 in attacks on New York and Washington as well as United Flight 93.
On September 20, thousands of protesters are expected to descend on Jena, Louisiana in support of Mychal Bell. Bell is one of the Jena 6, who will be sentenced at 9 a.m. that morning for his participation in an altercation at Jena High School. Friendship-West Baptist Church will take bus...
Stories from the week that was….. 1. Dallas South Sports details an impressive 47-14 win by DeSoto over Garland. 2. Eddie Griffin was cut short at a performance for Black Enterprise Magazine when he laced his act with the so-called "N-word." 3. plezWorld alerts us to NPR's bloggers roundtable. 4....
Back in March of this year, the U.S. learned of a young girl in Paris, Texas who would supposedly spend 7 years of her life in prison for pushing down a teacher. When people read the story by Howard Witt in the Chicago Tribune, many were moved, but to what...
Mac wrote the following on the comment page. I must admit that I'm a little torn on this one. While I understand that the writer may have gone too far with some of the lyrics, I also think that that's the point. I was just about to let my 12...
This response from Judy showed up on the comments page. Hello from England. I lived in the Alabama for a year, over 30 years ago, and was able to pass my mixed-race self off as white, to free myself of the huge disadvantage of being black. I am not in...
Originally posted at Dallas South Sports . I am a longtime observer of Texas Schoolboy football. Some of my earliest memories as a fan are of running outside barefoot on Saturday mornings to retrieve the newspaper in order to check the statewide scores. I was 7 years old at the...
