Category: KOLUMN Magazine

(CNN) – Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington said Monday evening that she is “outraged” after President Donald Trump visited her church without advance notice to share “a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus.” Her pointed comments came after the President walked from the White House to St. John’s Episcopal Church, a house of […]

On May 29, 1851, Sojourner Truth, an abolitionist and formerly enslaved black woman, addressed a Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. The state of Ohio was in the midst of drafting a new constitution at the time, and this convention was organized to urge lawmakers to ensure that the new document expand the legal rights […]

When Rheeda Walker finished writing her book, “The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health,” (New Harbinger Publications, $16.95), she considered not using “mental health” in the title. The words often carry a stigma and can inhibit someone from seeking help altogether, she said. But Walker, a Ph.D. licensed clinical psychologist and an associate professor and […]

Going into college and finishing a degree is probably the most significant achievement that every student dreams of. However, due to expensive enrollment rates from different colleges and universities around the country, it hinders most from completing their dream.  While some students take the risk of borrowing money from student loans, some can obtain financial […]

The latest deadly police encounter in Minneapolis is the 11th time police have been responsible for another person’s death. MINNEAPOLIS — According to KARE 11 records, in the last 10 years, at least 10 people have died at the hands of Minneapolis police. The death of George Floyd, which is still under investigation, would bring […]

The payout to the family of David Smith was the second-largest for police misconduct in Minneapolis history.  The city of Minneapolis will pay $3 million to the family of a man who died after a struggle with two Minneapolis police officers. It is the second-largest payout for a police misconduct lawsuit in the history of […]

On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized the President to grant land west of the Mississippi River in exchange for the lands of the American Indian tribes living primarily in the southeastern United States. President Jackson’s message to Congress stated a double goal of the Indian Removal Act: […]

Outrage is warranted. But outrage unaccompanied by analysis is a danger in itself. COVID-19 is killing black Americans with horrifying precision. Black Americans get the disease at a higher rate than white people do. Retirement homes with black residents become outbreak clusters. Black people die of COVID-19 at a higher rate than white people do—and that […]