Is the New Pope Latino? The Debate Continues
Is the new Pope Latino? That unanswered question continues to fuel the debate around Pope Francis’ ethnicity, since his election weeks ago. (Note: Argentina’s Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the former More...
African American Voters: Race or Class? Interview with Dr. Zulema Blair
Few people would have predicted the turnout in the 2012 Presidential election would represent the first time in U.S. history, when more African American voters walked through the doors of their local polling stations, More...
Must See: The Central Park Five Documentary. Opens Friday, Nov. 23 in NYC
BBN strongly recommends watching The Central Park Five, a documentary from award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns, examining one of the most notorious and racially charged criminal investigation More...
Probe Mitt Romney’s Affiliation with the Mormon Church. It’s Not Too Late and It’s Required.
After three presidential debates and countless opportunities since the primary season, there has not been substantive examination by the press corps, of Governor Mitt Romney’s deep affiliation with the The Church More...
Where is Mitt Romney’s Race Speech? Media Must Hold Romney to Same Standard.
At a campaign stop in Wisconsin recently, two young Ron Paul supporters asked Mitt Romney if he believed that interracial marriage is a sin. He curtly and somewhat rudely responded “No.” The young More...
‘Where’s Your Green Card’ Update: Southern Miss Takes Disciplinary Action Against Pep Band Students.
During a NCAA Basketball tournament in March, members of The University of Southern Mississippi Pep Band chanted “Where’s Your Green Card” at Angel Rodriguez, Kansas State freshman point guard. More...
Since ’08, Dramatic Rise in Hate, ‘Militia’ Groups in Nation. NY has 42 Groups.
(BBN National/US) New York State has 42 active ‘Patriot’ groups, according to a 2012 intelligence report by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a nonprofit civil rights organization. In 2008, when Barack More...
(BBN Must Watch) Majora Carter: Greening the Ghetto
Via Ted.com: In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx — and shows how minority neighborhoods suffer most from More...