Category Archives: African Americans
VRA-Inspired GOP Gerrymandering Dilutes Black Influence on Congressional Races (@SquarePeg_Dem)
VRA-inspired gerrymandering marginalizes black voters influence in 2014 congressional & state legislature races. True/false? (https://twitter.com/SquarePeg_Dem/status/333611355070427139) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download
Pol will surrender after being caught in Huntley wiretap – m.NYPOST.com
Embattled state Sen. John Sampson of Brooklyn is set to turn himself in to authorities today after being ensnared in a bribery scandal involving former colleague-turned-rat Shirley Huntley, sources said. Sampson told his aides over the weekend that he was … Continue reading
NYTimes.com: Corruption Charge Expected for Senator
John L. Sampson, a prominent Democratic state senator, is said to have had wiretapped conversations with a colleague who is soon to be sentenced… http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=InCMR7g4BCKC2wiZPkcVUhLMCw3novoI&user_id=268f6405a4798b63417f2d0333a63bd3&email_type=eta&task_id=1367810932171963 Michael Benjamin Follow on Twitter: @SquarePeg_Dem
Assemblyman Boyland charged with felony fraud in superseding indictment | ThisNY.com
http://thisny.com/assemblyman-boyland-charged-with-felony-fraud-in-superseding-indictment/ Posted by James M. Odato U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District Loretta Lynch announced a second superseding indictment against Assemblyman William F. Boyland, Jr. on Friday. The charges against Boyland, who has held office in Brooklyn for 10 years, … Continue reading
Former Bronx Assemblywoman Estella B. Diggs Died This Week
Estella B. Diggs, a former state assemblywoman who represented the Morrisania section in the Bronx, has died. She would have been 97 years old on April 21. Mrs. Diggs, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, served in the NY State … Continue reading
United African Coalition Candidates Foru – April 12
A Father-Daughter Dance in Jail
The most touching verses capturing the intergenerational effect of incarcerated/absent fathers on the lives of children. “Father Father Father where have you been?/ Jail, dead, on drugs, or the street life is that where you went?/Did your choices lead you … Continue reading
Boyland’s sad saga continues…
This case involving my former colleague Assemblyman William Boyland gets sadder and sorrier each passing day. The latest sad chapter comes in today’s NY Times: ” The former chief of staff for William F. Boyland Jr., a Democratic assemblyman facing … Continue reading
Not so fast…”Racially Charged Attacks Against Justice Scalia Unfounded”
I recently made comments in response to a Heritage Foundation article trying to whitewash the incendiary remarks uttered by US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia saying voting rights protections “perpetuated racial entitlements.” I wrote: “Hans [von Spakovsky], your thoughts were … Continue reading
Friday Night Empowerment Conversation (@Fathersincorp)
Kenneth Braswell (@Fathersincorp): If you weren’t able to attend the Friday Night Empowerment Conversations FOR MEN…here’s your chance. http://t.co/4ZuIYYWZkz (https://twitter.com/Fathersincorp/status/310937289062760448) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download
Conservative Black Chick
