Howard Morgan As much of the country follows the Trayvon Martin case, activists in Chicago are hoping to bring some of that attention to Howard Morgan, a former Chicago police officer who was shot 28 times by white officers — and lived…
Month: July 2013
There’s new fuel for the fire that Apple’s working on technology for an updated TV set top box or TV platform. Citing unnamed sources, tech writer Jessica Lessin (formerly of the Wall Street Journal), saysApple’s been meeting with cable companies to…
Legendary R&B singer Lester Chambers was attacked by a crazed woman Saturday night during a musical festival in Hayward, California. The attack came after Chambers dedicated Curtis Mayfield’s hit “People Get Ready” to Trayvon Martin following the announcement of George…
An agent from Martin Literary Management has confirmed that juror B37 of the George Zimmerman trial has signed a deal to write a book about her experiences on the jury. Sharlene Martin, a literary and media manager for the company, said that…
Many of us lead busy lives and everyone, especially those of us with families, is trying to get dinner on the table as quickly and easily as possible. Occasionally we fall back on using prepackaged meals from the grocery store…
Andrew Weber blogs about TV at The Drug of the Nation. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. In the light of The Sopranos’ star James Gandolfini’s unfortunate recent passing, and the end of Mad Men’s sixth and penultimate season, there’s no better time to…
Awareness. A crazy thing, because once you have been made aware.. you can never “un-know it” As Ramadan begins, more than 100 hunger strikers continue their silent protests in Guantánamo. More than 40 of them are being force-fed. Via a leaked document…
The U.S. Justice of Department is now investigating the shooting death of Trayvon Martin … meaning, if slapped with federal charges, George Zimmerman could face jail time — even after his not guilty verdict. The DOJ issued a statement Sunday … revealing they are looking into…
A Chicago grandmother accused of killing her 8-year-old granddaughter inflicted abuse for so long that the dead little girl had maggots living in a head wound that had gone untreated, cops said in a shocking case. Helen M. Ford, 51,…
President Barack Obama issued the following statement Sunday following the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. “The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America. I know this…
Apparently, July 14th is “World Come Clean Day.” Sky Sports News and The Telegraph have both reported that five Jamaicans, including Asafa Powell and Nesta Carter, have tested positive for a banned substance.The BBC reports that Powell’s management company has confirmed the positive test.This news comes just…
Via West Wing Report I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son. And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to widen…