Category: KOLUMN Magazine

Amid heightened racial tensions spilling over due to protests against the death of George Floyd, the United States Marine Corp has banned all depictions of the Confederate battle flag at its installations. A marine administrative message (MARADMIN) outlined the ban which would even prohibit wearing marines T-shirts or drinking coffee from mugs that feature the […]

‘Tis the season to spruce up your home. And what better way to do just that than by decking your space with stunning and unique finds from Black-owned home decor brands? Making some of these indie businesses a part of one’s regular repertoire of goods is not only good for showing long-term support of Black entrepreneurs, […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has drawn a battle line right up to the White House. Bowser, one of seven black female mayors of America’s 100 largest cities, on Friday declared a small but symbolic patch of the U.S. capital – a section of 16th Street bounded by a church on one side […]

On March 13, Louisville police used a battering ram to break into the apartment of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old black emergency room technician. They were there based on a so-called “no-knock” warrant, which allowed the police to enter without warning or without identifying themselves as law enforcement. The officers fired, striking Taylor at least eight times, […]

Dr. Bernice King understands exactly what this young lady is feeling because her daddy’s death changed the world too George Floyd’s daughter, Gianna, sitting atop the shoulders of her “uncle” retired NBA star, Stephen Jackson, said, “Daddy changed the world.” The endearing moment was captured on video and shared widely across social media including the Twitter […]

They shouldn’t lose hope. They are at the heart of the fight to take back America. In Columbia, S.C., on Saturday, a young protester told a reporter that she just didn’t think voting is “how change happens.” “They’ve been telling us to do that for so long,” she added, “and we’ve done it — and look at […]

A private autopsy commissioned by the family concluded that his death was a homicide, brought about by compression of his neck and back by Minneapolis police officers. George Floyd, 46, died after being handcuffed on the street in the custody of the Minneapolis police on Memorial Day. An officer responding to a report that Mr. […]

On June 2, 2011, Alabama’s Republican-controlled state legislature passed House Bill 56, a controversial anti-immigration bill much tougher than a similar Arizona law passed the year before. One week later, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed the bill into law. Like Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070, Alabama’s immigration law authorized police officers, relying on racial profiling, to […]