By Richard Ray On July 11th, Jevaughn Suckoo was shot and murdered within his West Palm Beach, Florida apartment complex. The 26 year old was the father of a nearly 2 year old girl. Three days after his death, his girlfriend, 27 year old Stephanie Caceres, and mother of his child, gave birth to […]
By Richard Ray: Emmett Till was born on July 25, 1941. 2017 would have marked his 76th Birthday. Past tense of course because Emmett never lived to see much beyond his fourteenth birthday. The Chicago native was murdered on August 28, 1955 while visiting relatives in Mississippi. He was killed because he was alleged […]
By Richard Ray: A tragedy has occurred in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 40 year old Australian native, Justine Damond was shot and killed by a single shot to the abdomen after calling police to report a possible assault in the alley behind her house. Her legal name was Justine Ruszyck, but she had already been using […]
By Richard Ray: In another airing of “As The NFL Turns”, Micheal Vick was on Fox Sports 1 with Jason Whitlock, and the headlines stated, “Vick say Colin Kaepernick needs to cut his hair.” My first reaction on any show associated with a Fox network and moderated by Jason Whitlock was to wonder if […]
I just read the BuzzFeed story on R. Kelly. Here is the link for those that want to read it in its entirety… READ MORE A summary of the article is that R. Kelly has created a cult in which several young women (all of legal age) are restricted in their movements, from speaking to anyone, […]
By Richard Ray: No matter how hard I try, some Internet stories just leave me struggling to balance that my strong opinions do not in fact turn into judgment. Case in point, I have just read a story about a wife in the UK trying to reaffirm a message many of us have heard, […]
By Richard Ray: By now most of you have read about the epic meltdown Rob Kardashian had first on Instagram and then Twitter. His meltdown involved revenge porn and airing out the dirty details of his failed relationship with his ex-fiance and mother of his child, Blac Chyna. Revenge porn, because he posted naked […]
I am the staunchest supporter of single moms. The difficulty of the task that so many of them do so well can never be applauded enough. Far too many women are left with the responsibilities of raising children on their own, receiving minimal support from men. It is something that should not happen, but unfortunately […]
By Richard Ray The recent St. Paul, Minnesota jury verdict of not guilty in the case of Philando Castile, fatally shot by police officer Jeronimo Yanez was so dishearteningly deflating to so many, especially because so many had seen the aftermath of the shooting shown on Facebook Live by his girlfriend who was present […]
By Richard Ray: Let us celebrate all men that are father’s be it biologically or not. Now I know some of you ladies hold it down yourselves for two, but today isn’t “disgruntled babies mother day”. Today is all about the men. No one is a stauncher supporter for mothers, especially ones that do […]
