Category Archives: News from the Soul Brother

‘Fruitvale Station’ Is More Than a Movie, It’s a Landmark

Posted on July 26, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Julianne Hing When audiences see actor Michael B. Jordan get pulled off the BART train in “Fruitvale Station,” they’ll see the dramatized last moments of Oscar Grant’s life, filmed at the actual station where BART police officer Johannes Mehserle killed him on … Continue reading →

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5 Reasons You Should See “Fruitvale Station”

Posted on July 26, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Tonya Pendleton “Fruitvale Station” is not just the name of the movie, it’s the actual Bay Area Transit Station (BART) where the murder of 22-year-old Oscar Grant took place on New Year’s Day 2009. Grant was heading home to Oakland … Continue reading →

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AT&T pays to put its name on Dallas Cowboys stadium

Posted on July 26, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Jim Barthold Inevitably some pundit will say that the Dallas Cowboys “phoned it in” this year when the team has an inevitably lackluster game. That line will have added meaning now that the mega-stadium in which the NFL team plays … Continue reading →

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Plans for 50th Anniversary of MLK’s March on Washington Revamped After Zimmerman Acquittal

Posted on July 26, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Paul Lewis Plans to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech are being redrawn in the wake of an angry reaction over the decision to acquit George Zimmerman over the shooting of Trayvon … Continue reading →

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Does George Zimmerman’s car hero story add up?

Posted on July 26, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Alex Seitz-Wald It seemed stranger than fiction, as even his lawyer acknowledged, that George Zimmerman’s first appearance just days after he was acquitted for the killing of Trayvon Martin would be to rescue a nice family of four from their overturned … Continue reading →

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Trayvon Martin’s parents: Juror B29’s revelations ‘devastating’

Posted on July 26, 2013 by The Soul Brother
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Op-ed: An open letter to my unborn son

Posted on July 26, 2013 by The Soul Brother
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McDonald’s to Employees: Get a (Second) Job

Posted on July 26, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Tom Philpott Since I last knocked heads with The Atlantic’s David Freedman over Big Food and its potential to “end obesity”—see his piece, my response, his #odd# response to my response, our joint appearance on a Minnesota Public Radio … Continue reading →

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Caribbean nations seeking compensation for slavery

Posted on July 26, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Ralph Gonsalves Leaders of more than a dozen Caribbean countries are launching a united effort to seek compensation from three European nations for what they say is the lingering legacy of the Atlantic slave trade. The Caribbean Community, a … Continue reading →

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Program gets homeless off streets, into own apartments

Posted on July 26, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Michelle Ye Hee Lee Two weeks ago, Betty Kelleher was sleeping with one eye open in a noisy, putrid downtown parking lot with about 250 other homeless people. Today, she sleeps on a full-size bed in a studio with … Continue reading →

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