Recently, Lead Designer and Developer of the Sass project, Natalie Weizenbaum responded to a Github issue post asking that the Black Lives Matter banner be removed from the site.
Author: Mensah Alkebu-Lan
Mensah Alkebu-Lan
I grew up in a suburb outside of Richmond, VA with great parents and five wonderful brothers. After receiving a solid education at Virginia State, I spent some time in a Howard Doctoral program before being swept up by the movement Java 5 created. Since then, I've been fortunate to see digital transformation in organizations big, small, young, and old. Today, I and those who have taken this journey with me are continuing the conversation of what it takes to bring organizations closer to their aspirations.
Chicago’s July homicide stats are tough to look at, but they’re just as difficult to ignore. Let’s see if we can put these numbers in perspective.
Malik Abdul Basit (aka Malik B.), a founding member of The Roots, has passed away at the age of 47. Black Thought remembers him in a heartfelt and poetic way:
WITH ALLAH’S NAME, THE MERCIFUL BENEFACTOR, THE MERCIFUL REDEEMER EIDUL ADHAA ( RETURN TO GREATER ENLIGHTMENT) PRAYERS AND LECTUREON FACEBOOK LIVE FROM MASJID MUHAMMED IN JACKSONVILLE,
We’ll get to Chicago Don’t worry.We’ll get to Chicago. First, let me take you back a couple of weeks to a DOJ announcement of the launching of Operation Legend in Kansas City. According to Attorney General Barr, this is an initiative in which “federal law enforcement agencies work in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight violent crime.” There was a recent announcement, Wednesday, July 22, the operation would be expanding to include additional cities– including Chicago. The city of Portland was not mentioned in either announcement so it would appear the role federal agents would play in Operation…
Many of us remember the popular hit song by Erykah Badu, “Tyrone.” We remember Badu singing the words, “Call Tyrone.” So when, Jacksonville Imam, Yahya Abdullah said “Call Taiwan” during a Friday Sermon, the point
Like so many of you, I was a little alarmed to hear Federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to detain protesters in Portland, Oregon. I know
Thanks, Rabbani, for your wonderful comment on the Imam Yahya article. Rabbani, you’ve forced us to fast track some of the comment features we had planned for later. All, feel free to comment on the posts. One of the motivations behind @thehassanriver is what we post to Facebook belongs to Facebook. Being a data guy, I’m naturally gonna emphasize us having more control over our own content. That includes our comments. Comments can add strain to our servers, but let us worry about that. We’ll do our best to monitor the performance of our servers. The comments you post on…
