Speaking of Points, Mr. Ta-Nehisi Coates writes a scathing piece titled Why Al Sharpton has become irrelevant that appeared in Sunday's Dallas Morning News. Coates takes issue with the view that Mr. Sharpton represents the opinions of Black America, questioning his credibility and his record in the process. Here...
In a post on the Dallas Morning News Editorial Blog, Sharon Grigsby states that the DMN writing team has struggled to find an alternative to the term "Southern Sector." "Our writing team has the same negative reaction to the term," Gribsby says in the post, "but we've been hard-pressed to...
Since I moved to Dallas in 1997, I have heard city and community leaders refer to the area south of the Trinity River as The Southern Sector. Back then, it seemed like a good way to discuss what was happening in what most agreed to be a forgotten area of...
It seems like some of the good folks of Jena have gathered behind the woodshed and come up with some revisionist history regarding the racial unrest that has happened in their town over the last year. The Christian Scientist Monitor has allowed Craig Franklin, co-editor of the Jena Times, to...
On Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune will announce a motion that they have filed in LaSalle Parish District court contesting the decisions by Judge J.P. Mauffray to close the proceedings in Mychal Bell's juvenile case and order all the parties involved not to speak about it. According to Tuesday's story by...
CNN's Kyra Phillips is developing a one-hour investigation into the noose as a symbol of hate. The special will air on CNN this Tuesday October 23rd at 7:00 p.m. Central (8 pm Eastern). The network has created a website for Ms. Phillips special that chronicles the recent re-emergence of...
Mark S. Allen, entertainment anchor of CW 31's Good Day Sacramento, has apologized to Janet Jackson and Tyler Perry for an on-air assault he delivered to them last week. Allen referred to himself as "an absolute jerk" for how he handled the interview as he delivered his message. Jackson and...
I heard some of the testimony regarding the Jena 6 case that was give before the House Judiciary committee on Tuesday. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee of Houston was pretty upset about the whole thing. Ryan Grim of The Politico was on hand for the hearing and reports on the tension filled...
Again, many thanks to the Chicago Tribune’s Howard Witt for his work and this interview. The interview can be viewed in it’s entirety at NowPublic. DSB Why do you think it took the national media almost 4 months after your original article to cover what was happening in Jena. HW:...
It's ironic that on a night back in September when I originally sent Mr. Witt an e-mail requesting an interview, he replied that he wanted to interview me for a story that he was doing about the Jena rally. It's been an interesting road in the 4 weeks since then...
