Troy Anthony Davis is scheduled for execution by lethal injection in Georgia on September 23, 2008. Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU, is appealing to the public to object to Mr....
As a child, I watched a movie that presented a shocking display of man's inhumanity to man, and it impressed me for life: The Diary of Anne Frank. It awakened me to the fact...
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is under increasing pressure to resign or face being removed from office. But perhaps with his impressive defense “dream team,” Kilpatrick may believe it is best to hold...
THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR MENTAL HEALTH! Senator Joseph Biden, co-sponsor of the Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, has agreed to be Senator Obama’s running mate. Senator Biden is...
SOMETIMES YOUR CHILD could be with the wrong crowd. His friends could do things and your kid might be charged for a crime right along with them. Now imagine that your child has a...
What are families to do when their mentally ill loved ones need hospitalization, but the system says they fail to meet the rigid test of being an immediate danger to self and others? Must we cage them in our...
Mesha Irizaary's only child, 23-year-old African American honor student, Idriss Stelley, was killed by the San Francisco Police Department on June 13, 2001, with 48 shots by nine officers, as he stood...
Blogging has now replaced exercise as the single most therapeutic endeavor available to modern man. It lowers blood pressure, prevents cardiovascular disease, and helps with weight loss...
There are 500 police jobs up for grabs on the Memphis Police Department, but according to an Associated Press article released July 9, 2008, perhaps African Americans need not apply. The article reports...
Great news for Lauren Richardson and her father, as he fights for her life! Delaware, the first state, passed a resolution supporting the right to life for this disabled U.S. citizen! This must be quite a blow for health insurance companies that stand to...
ARE WE BEING BLESSED with more compassionate and righteous judges? Judges are declaring more defendants incompent to stand trial. Could it be that our judiciary is beginning to acknowledge the...
Attached is an article about a man on death row, and despite the high court ruling that he is probably innocent, important folks apparently intend to have themselves an execution!Multiple sclerosis victim, Paul...
Burke said right: "All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing"Police use of Tasers continue to be a matter of grave concern to human...
Who's child is this? It is not often that the public gets to see the loss of control that mental patients sometimes suffer: <http://youtube.com/watch?v=-NZtGz_7WI0> The unfortunate girl in this...
A hero is someone who steps out of the everyday conditions of his life to do something great and usually something sacrificial to benefit others. There are many people whom we may admire -- teachers who made...