52.2 F
Chicago
Thursday, October 9, 2025

CATEGORY

J. Pharoah Doss|Metro|Viewpoints

J. Pharoah Doss: Does polite society prefer pepper spray for noncompliance with police?

On February 19, 2025, police stopped William McNeil Jr., a 22-year-old college student, for "not having the headlights on during inclement weather" in Jacksonville,...

J. Pharoah Doss: SCOTUS deadlocked on first Catholic charter school…is there an Islamic route?

In the cases of Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board v. Drummond and St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond, Supreme Court...

J. Pharoah Doss: Joy Reid, Iran, and the non-proliferation treaty

After President Donald Trump’s military action against Iran's nuclear facilities with B-52 bombers, former MSNBC host Joy Reid appeared on the popular radio program...

J. Pharoah Doss: Israel accused Iran of developing nukes since 2012, why preempt now?

In this Sept. 27, 2012, file photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel shows an illustration as he describes his concerns over Iran's nuclear...

J. Pharoah Doss: The skeptic’s rule concerning White genocide in South Africa

The United Nations was founded in 1945 to promote international peace following the devastation of World War II. The Convention on the Prevention and...

J. Pharoah Doss: Five years after George Floyd…an unlearned lesson

Mychael Denzel Smith, a writer and activist, participated in a 2015 panel discussion about the riot in Ferguson, Missouri, that occurred following the 2014...

J. Pharoah Doss: Gov. Wes Moore—vetoes reparations study, Rep. Summer Lee—reparations now!

CONGRESSWOMAN SUMMER LEE (D-PA) Maryland's Democratic Governor Wes Moore recently vetoed a bill that proposed to establish a commission to study and recommend reparations for...

J. Pharoah Doss: Has the conspiracy to destroy Black boys been countered?

Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu recently died at the age of 71. He was best known for his 1980s series Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black...

J. Pharoah Doss: The Nichols case…Benefit of the doubt is not reasonable doubt

Due to their frequent exposure to danger, police officers may justify what appears to be excessive force if they feared for their lives. However,...

J. Pharoah Doss: A disturbing Black shibboleth

Black law professor Stephen L. Carter released the controversial book Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby in 1991. In the chapter "Silencing Dissent," Carter...
spot_img