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...
Satire is not lost on me, I promise you. One of my favorite movies is Spike Lee's Bamboozled, where people walked out at the showing I went to. And Boondocks, loved and loathed by many, is one of my favorite show on T.V. (when it airs). But Read a Book...
According to Howard Witt of the Chicago Tribune, Judge J.P. Mauffray in Jena, La. threw out a conspiracy conviction against Mychal Bell, one of the Jena 6. Judge Mauffray granted a defense motion that Bell's June trial was improperly held in adult court and should instead have been conducted...
One of the main goals of the Day of Blogging for Justice creators was increased media coverage regarding the Jena 6. Today I saw a piece on Headline News where they spoke to parents on both sides of the issue. I went to the Headline News website and there was...
