Jasmyne A Cannick

Jasmyne A. Cannick  |   OW Contributor
Feb 16 2012

Roland Martin challenged homophobia

The latest efforts of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and its cohorts to single-handedly increase the percentage of unemployed Black males in America should be a wake-up call to Black America.

The controversy that has outraged the gay mafia this time is a series of tweets sent out from CNN’s Roland Martin on Super Bowl Sunday that resulted in a national campaign to fire him.

At issue are the following tweets:

Jasmyne A. Cannick  |   OW Contributor
Sep 17 2011

Why Blacks in South L.A. should join the picket line

I don’t work at a grocery store.  I don’t even shop at the stores in question anymore. And even though I might sympathize with the worker’s position, I can’t honestly say I’m in support of them going on strike.  But none this would stop me from picking up a sign and joining the workers on the picket line--and if in fact there is a strike, I probably will.
 

Jasmyne A. Cannick  |   OW Contributor
Aug 24 2011

24 teams represent 20 countries

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.