SUMMERS, NO

    When you think of the numerous reasons for why Larry Summers should not be the next Federal Reserve Chairman – like his misogynistic views; his proven ability to blow USD 1.8 billion or 27% of Harvard University’s endowment on high-risk investments in 2008; or his financial thought leadership regarding derivatives which contributed to the […]

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HUNTED

A Black man’s experience with racist police practices and racial violence Add a new rule to the List of Things a Brother Must Never Do to Avoid Being Profiled as a Criminal or Shot Like Trayvon Martin — don’t do pull ups on building scaffolds after dark. True story … It was past 10 o’clock […]

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KKK, ZIMMERMAN AND OUR FUTURE

This is a blog post I meant to write prior to the Trayvon Martin murder case verdict, but the post’s message hasn’t changed. A few days before George Zimmerman was found innocent of murdering Trayvon Martin, a Ku Klux Klan umbrella organization called the United Klans of America distributed flyers in Milford, Connecticut telling the […]

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