By Sikivu Hutchinson Standing in line at the California Science Center the day of the mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary school, my students wondered aloud about the race of the shooter.  “More than likely he was white,” they agreed. As the only people of color waiting to be admitted to the exhibit, their open …

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By Sikivu Hutchinson Over the past four years President Obama has promoted Wall Street’s capitalist siege against working and middle class homeowners.  He has sanctioned drone attacks on thousands of innocent Middle Eastern people.   He has ignored the deepening crisis of African American unemployment, foreclosure, and mass-incarceration.  He has presided over more deportations of undocumented …

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California Voter Recommendations from Black Skeptics & Radical Women Los Angeles: We live in contradictory times, and the ballot reflects this with several, mostly bad, tax propositions plus an entreaty to eliminate the death penalty, repeal Three Strikes and increase funding for K-16 education. Proposition 30: Temporary Tax Increases for Education and other Needs— VOTE YES According …

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On Sunday, November 4th trailblazer and kick ass inspiration Dr. Carol Mae Jemison, the first black woman astronaut, will be in Los Angeles at the California Science Center and the California African American Museum (CAAM) to “give personal accounts of traveling on the Endeavour and life inspirations that led to her becoming a trailblazer.”  Dr. Jemison has a B.A. …

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Regardless of class status, in free market/free enterprise Americana, even in the midst of foreclosure and recession: From the Sacramento Bee: “Today, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), announced a federal housing discrimination complaint against Bank of America Corporation, Bank of America, N.A., and BAC Home Loan Servicing, LP. This complaint is the result of an …

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By Naima Washington In the October 5, 2012 edition of the Washington Blade (Washington, DC’s gay news weekly) included the article by Rev. Irene Monroe, ‘Will marriage support cost Obama black voters’? Rev. Monroe, located in Boston, points to the growing efforts among some African American ministers to create an anti-Obama campaign: “With one of …

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By Sikivu Hutchinson In the 1990s, The O.J. Simpson murder trial polarized America and highlighted domestic violence as a national cause célèbre.  At the center of the storm was Simpson’s wife, the blond Orange County-bred Nicole Brown Simpson, who’d suffered years of domestic abuse by an NFL legend deified as a pop culture god.  After …

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Fearless blogger, author and activist Greta Christina was recently diagnosed with endometrial cancer and needs community support as she recovers.  Although her condition is treatable, she needs vital support for living expenses as she convalesces.  You can pitch in and help Greta by going to her website at http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2012/10/18/bad-news-good-news-and-asking-for-help/.  Greta is the author of the recent hit …

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By Diane Arellano Recently the blog “Considered Exclamations” featured a post by AH Tripp challenging the selective endorsement of the “Next Generation of atheist activists.” This “crop of next wave leaders” is virtually all-white and lauded for tackling perennial secular and atheist issues such as questioning prayer in school. Tripp wondered why the social justice …

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