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For many, today marks the beginnings of finals week, a slew of tests given at the end of the semester wherein students attempt to coherently regurgitate everything they learned last night while cramming. In this tradition, I’d like to assign several essay questions to a few folks who have some explaining to do. You know […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama  Much has been made in the last few weeks of the decisive victory President Obama and the democratic party enjoyed on election night. Many people believe that Obama’s landslide victory has given him a mandate, but does this include foreign policy? Does President Obama now have the power […]

During College Orientation week in my first year at University of Chicago, the students had “forums” that were geared towards opening discussions about the various views on race, gender, and political background. In one of these sessions, this question was posed, “If you see a black man walking towards you at night, would you cross the street?” I of course was […]

16 year-old Alicia Chanta Moore went missing on November 2nd; Her body was later found in a trunk off the side of a highway on November 6th. Her family believes the police grossly mismanaged the case. Where was national news coverage? Where was an Amber Alert?

For some strange reason, Chris Brown thought it would be a good idea to dress up as a Islamic terrorist. Of course, many didn’t find the costume funny at all; instead pointing out that dressing up as a stereotypical Islamic terrorist is totally racist and offensive. What do you think?

Every week, the Black Youth Project collects the top news stories about black youth from across the country. Check back every Monday for a new roundup of headlines about young black America.

Students at Wilberforce University, the first college to be owned and operated by blacks, are threatening to leave the school. Is this yet another warning of a major crisis for HBCUs? What can be done to save Wilberforce and other schools with similar circumstances?

A Venezuelan doctor named Jose Rafiel Marquina had told the media that Castro suffered a massive stroke and is in a vegetative state .However, his account is unconfirmed, and the Cuban government denies the story.

Waverly High School in upstate New York is under fire after reports that a group of white students donned blackface and reenacted Chris Brown’s assault on Rihanna.

By Tiff J www.coffeerhetoric.com   Stacey Dash is an actress who has been in the business for quite some time but who, quite frankly, isn’t registering on many people’s radar these days, when one considers the value and influence of celebrities in this current cult of personality.  The media hasn’t really reported anything noteworthy about […]

Chris Brown wants his fans to know that he’s torn between two women.   In a video released by Brown, the singer admits that he’s drunk and then proceeds to consider whether one can love two people at the same time: “When you share history with somebody, then you tend to fall in love with […]

A judge has blocked Pennsylvania’s controversial voter ID law from going into effect on Election Day. Under this ruling, the law can go into full effect next year, but will not impact this year’s election.