by Dahleen Glanton Months after police killed George Floyd on a busy street in Minneapolis, Army Lt. Caron Nazario had a dangerous encounter with police in rural Virginia. Nazario, who […]
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The Derek Chauvin trial cannot vindicate America
America is on trial. Or at least, that is the conviction of many observers as Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer, faces judge and jury in the death […]
Does GOP bill assume white fragility? Or whitewash history?
by Rekha Basu One thing we might all agree on is there’s no shortage of subjects on which to disagree. Guns, politics and religion; differing ideologies on how to end […]
Justice’s demands: On the trial of an officer in the death of George Floyd
After the speeches, the hashtags, the marches, the dramatic demands for transforming America’s criminal justice system, comes the relatively mundane but indispensable means of determining guilt or innocence and, if […]
Let’s not blame the 10-year-old victim
by Dahleen Glanton No one spoke up for the 10-year-old girl. At least five grown men allegedly raped the little girl over three years, beginning when she was 7. And […]
Dr. Seuss ‘cancel culture’ backlash is a distraction
by Mary McNamara Last Tuesday, “cancel culture” was officially promoted to “outlaw culture,” which definitely would sound way cooler if it weren’t so maddeningly ridiculous and offensively dangerous. The upgrade […]
For African Americans, faith is not confined to hope of heaven
George Zimmerman was acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin on a Saturday night in 2013. The next morning, I went to church wearing a hoodie. This was mid-July, hardly […]
Heroes and history celebrated at city’s MLK observance
Demarcus Bandy spoke authoritatively Monday afternoon as he helped Morgantown’s Community Coalition for Social Justice honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. “Structural and Systemic Racism and How to Build an […]
Racial reckoning isn’t restricted to only urban areas
WVU Today As the United States experiences mass racial unrest and nationwide protests, equity issues have become elevated in the American consciousness. And according to Erin McHenry-Sorber, an associate professor […]
Postcast 31 – August 7, 2020
[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=40183030″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” autoplay=”false” live-autoplay=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”false” hide-download=”true”] Welcome to another episode of The Postcast, the audio companion to The Dominion […]
