NOVANEWS by WINSLOW MYERS David Brook’s December 2 column in the NYTimes arguing that classism, not racism, is what really ails our nation came off as one of the more racially tone-deaf commentaries so far on events […]
NOVANEWS by THOMAS KNAPP Police body cameras are all the rage lately. Al Sharpton wants them used to monitor the activities of cops. Ann Coulter wants them used to “shut down” Al Sharpton. The White […]
NOVANEWS As protests sweep the country, it’s time to think critically about the flaws in our justice system. The biggest one involves the conflict of interest that comes when local prosecutors are tasked with charging the police […]
NOVANEWS By Sandy English Global Research Workers and youth reacted with outrage to the news that a grand jury in the New York City borough of Staten Island had decided not to indict New York Police […]
NOVANEWS US Senate OKs $225 million in aid for Israeli Iron Do… US Senate elevates Israel’s status as ‘major strategi.. The omnibus bill full of measures to improve the relationship between Israel and the United […]
NOVANEWS By Iris Baez Although details are still emerging in this most recent tragedy, we know an officer repeatedly shot and killed an unarmed 18-year-old black man, Michael Brown, in a St. Louis suburb last weekend […]
NOVANEWS Showing of “Awakenings” from “Eyes on the Prize” This Friday, Dec. 5 7:00 p.m. 617 Florida Ave. NW Shaw/Howard Metro (Yellow/Green lines) RSVP and share the event on Facebook! This week marked the 59th […]
NOVANEWS Jesus delivering his Sermon on the Mount as depicted in a painting by Nineteenth Century artist Carl Heinrich Bloch. Many Americans are tuning out on politics and international affairs – feeling they have no […]
NOVANEWS by LUCIANA BOHNE “The racial categories included in the census questionnaire generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country and not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically.” — […]
NOVANEWS by JERALYNN BLUFORD After the Grand Jury decision in Ferguson, I couldn’t watch the news. I couldn’t bear to see Lesley McSpadden’s—Michael Brown’s mother’s—face. Her eyes were my eyes. I remember when I looked […]