2013

Recognizing Link Between Emotional Trauma and Youth Violence

Emmett Till’s Family Plan to Pressure Mountain Dew to End Endorsement Deal w/ Lil Wayne

Who You Calling A B*tch? MC Lyte Talks About Violence, and the Disrespect of Women in Rap Music

NBA Player Jason Collins Comes Out: “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.”

In 2012, Black Voters Surpassed White Turnout for First Time Ever

UC Irvine Frat Sparks Outrage with Blackface Video: “He was trying to be Jay-Z…”

Nobel Prize Winner Gary Becker Advocates Paying Parents for Student Performance

[T]here’s Daddy

Georgia’s Wilcox High School Set to Hold Its First Integrated Prom

Tales from a Black Filled Childhood: Who Will Lead My Black Generation…No One?

Lauryn Hill Speaks Out on Financial Troubles, New Record Deal in Open Letter

10 Rappers That Should Have Made The XXL Freshman List

Two Women Shot At During Christopher Dorner Manhunt Awarded $4.2 Million from LAPD

The League of Young Voters Launch #NoGunsAllowed Campaign

Chicago Students Boycott Standardized Test to Protest School Closings

Poor Police-Community Relations Present Major Obstacle to Stemming Tide of Violence in Chicago

Tavon White Ran Prison Gang, Impregnated Four Guards While Behind Bars

Former Notre Dame Star Skylar Diggins Signs w/ Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports

Mothers of Young Men Slain by NYPD Call on Artists to Submit Songs for Justice

GENERATION JOBLESS: 300M Youth Around the World are Out of Work

House Honors Four Little Girls Killed in Birmingham Church Bombing

LZ Granderson: Treat Chicago Gangs as Terrorists

Wisconsin Incarcerates More of Its Black Male Population Than Any Other State

Black Scientists and Engineers Host Field Trip to Inspire Black Youth

Rhymes & Reasons Interviews Asad Jafri About the Hip Hop Songs that Changed His Life

Detroit Party Store Mocks Black Customers; Posts Racist Images on Social Media

Obama Administration Announce New Drug Policy Emphasizing Treatment Over Incarceration

Rush Limbaugh Compares Boston Bombing Supsect to Trayvon Martin

Lauryn Hill’s New $1 Million Recording Contract w/ Sony Music Revealed During Tax Hearing

The (Un)Suprising Racism at Elite Universities

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