I like to keep up with what U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson is doing in Washington, but don’t always have a chance to share all of the info. I’ll periodically post a Congreswoman Johnson Roundup where I can get a little bit more of her work out to the family....
The only thing that truly matters is the behavior of Dallas Police Officer Robert Powell. His behavior towards Houston Texans running back Ryan Moats, as captured on his own dashboard camera, is simply unacceptable and indefensible. View Dallas Morning News Story on Kunkle apology here. Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle...
Historian John Hope Franklin passed away on Wednesday in North Carolina at the age of 94. Franklin was born in Rentiesville, Oklahoma, in 1915. He spent his career studying the subject of race and its effect on individuals and society. Franklin earned a bachelor’s degree from Fisk University in 1935,...
Join Kristin and I Thursday night as we talk about the state of media in general and what that means for Black Media in particular. Kevin Ross broached the subject on Dallas South and after spending a week at the Poynter Institute with some of the top minds in new...
At the conference today, Latoya Peterson of Racialicious.com shared this video from Jay Smooth of IllDoctrine.com. In this 3 minute video Jay Smooth sums up a point I’ve been trying to get across on this blog for 3 years: there is a difference between racist behavior and a racist person...
Tuesday night, President Barack Obama held his 2nd prime time press conference. The President started the press conference with a 7 minute statement where he spoke directly to the American people, seeking to assure them with regards to the economy and his budget plan. Then he took questions. The reporters...
BY JASON JOHNSON This $10 piece of exercise equipment will give you a better workout than a $2000 treadmill and won’t take up any space. A jump rope! Jumping rope or skipping rope, as it’s sometimes referred to, is an excellent form of total body conditioning. I’m always a fan...
The Poynter Institute has assembled an amazing group of new media mindsfor their “Sense Making” seminar that’s designed to help identify the new course of media and journalism. Some of those include Drew Curtis of Fark.com, Latoya Peterson of Racialicious.com, Chris Rabb from Afro-Netizen, Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of reddit.com, and...
BY JAMES “BIRD” GUESS Wall Street investor conman, Bernie Madoff, made off with billions of investor’s money and on December 10, 2008, he confessed to orchestrating an estimated $65 billion “ponzi scheme,” that is considered the largest act of investor fraud ever by a single person. On March 12, 2009,...
I have maintained for quite some time now that I feel the South Oak Cliff Boys Basketball Team has been unfairly and excessively disciplined for grade changing accusations made by former employees to WFAA 8. My support for Coach James Mays has not been altered by the two championships that...
