Man Cited for Driving While Black Has A Long History of DWB’s

When Reading, PA, resident Robert Washington was pulled over by police late Monday morning, he already knew what he had done wrong. The African-American Washington has at least 22 Driving While Black citations, according to the local DMV.
“What can I say?” pleads the 30-year-old file clerk. “I have a car, a job I need to […]

It’s Officially Summer: Washington Post Displays Front Page Photo of Black Children Playing Around Open Fire Hydrant

After several false starts punctuated by warm weekdays followed by mild and rainy weekends, SNS can now confirm that summer officially began as of this morning. That’s because today The Washington Post’s front page featured a large photo of black children playing around an open fire hydrant.
The spike in temperatures yesterday in the District of […]

Scottish-Americans Rediscover Their Roots, Honor Victims of Kilt Famine

While most people are familiar with the Great Potato Famine that ravaged Ireland in the 1840s and spearheaded a wave of immigration the United States, few remember an equally disastrous epidemic that struck its neighbors across the sea some twenty-five years later.
That’s why today Scottish-Americans seek to promote awareness about the Great Kilt Famine of […]