Sometimes the past catches up with us. Which seemed to be the case with former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, who threw his hat into the ring as a Democratic contender for President in 2016. Numerous reports confirm that the former Baltimore mayor, who announced his presidential ambitions in the beleaguered city on Saturday morning, had […]
For three months, the Apache have been occupying a “holy” area of Arizona to protest the government selling the land to a private, foreign mining company through a back-door rider attached to the National Defense Authorizaiton Act. As blown up by a recent op-ed in the New York Times , hundreds from the San Carlos Apache Tribe […]
Louis E. Johnson (pictured right), founding member and one half of funk band The Brothers Johnson who is widely hailed as one of the greatest bass players who ever did it – died on Thursday at age 60. The cause of death has not yet been determined, reports CNN. A longtime collaborator with super producer Quincy […]
#MichaelBrelo waits w/ attorney Pat D’Angelo. @FotosByFong #BreloVerdict at 10 a.m.: http://t.co/d7eUbKabJR pic.twitter.com/oiwVhGfo9G — Akron Ohio (@AkronOhioNews) May 23, 2015 Today, Cleveland judge John O’Donnell found Police Officer Michael Brelo not guilty in the shooting death of two unarmed African Americans who perished in a hail of 137 bullets in 2012 – announcing the verdict […]
Just when you thought Baltimore couldn’t get more negative publicity (see Maryland governor: approving a $30 million Baltimore youth jail and rejecting $11.5 million for poorly functioning public schools), the embattled city has shut off water service to more than 1,600 customers in the past six weeks – including during the recent civil unrest—trying to […]