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Today Show | July 28, 2010 (Associated Press)  Condoleeza Rice and Aretha Franklin, two notable and powerful African-American women, joined forces last night for a great cause. In hopes of raising money for arts education for underprivileged youth, Franklin showcased her world-renowned vocals while Rice tickled the keys with the Philadelphia Orchestra. While their political […]

Are Millennials Losing Faith? Brandee Sanders, The Root, July 26, 2010 Sunday morning rolls around again, and I get the early wakeup call from my father. “Get up, Brandee. Get ready for church.” My first thought is to go right back to sleep, because I don’t want to go. It’s not a case of Sunday-morning […]

Last week, the folks over at Racialicious re-posted a piece by Macon D., the creator of the blog, Stuff White People Do.  The article, “Stuff White People Do: Warmly Embrace a Racist Novel,” addresses the 50th anniversary celebration of Harper Lee’s only novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, published in the summer of 1960.  Macon D. […]

Swim or die: The battle to save black kids from drowning Harriette Cole, The Grio, July 15, 2010 I’m one of the lucky ones. When I was 4-years-old my father had an in-ground pool built in the backyard of my Baltimore home. And then he immediately hired a swim teacher to come to our house […]

Black Teen Girls Lead Peers In Quitting Smoking Claudio E. Cabrera, NewsOne, July 13, 2010 A new study released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention highlights how teenage Black girls are leading the way in smoking cessation. The study, which was published earlier this month, focuses on the overall decline in teen smoking […]

Advance in Quest for HIV Vaccine Mark Schoofs, Wall Street Journal, July 9, 2010 HIV research is undergoing a renaissance that could lead to new ways to develop vaccines against the AIDS virus and other viral diseases. In the latest development, U.S. government scientists say they have discovered three powerful antibodies, the strongest of which […]

Minority Kids Have Fewer Opportunities: University Of Michigan Poll Ileana Morales, Associated Press, July 7, 2010 WASHINGTON — Minority children have fewer opportunities than their white peers to gain access to high-quality health care, education, safe neighborhoods and adequate support from the communities where they live, according to a nationwide survey of professionals who work […]

Instead of celebrating Independence Day weekend with American flags and the type of unconditional patriotism that I never really understood, I’m going take an opportunity to reflect on our country’s relationship with music and its cultural and racial geneology. Sunday afternoon I found myself at yet a second free concert at the Taste of Chicago: […]

The Recession’s Long-Term Impact on Black Kids Sheree Crute, The Root, June 30, 2010 As adults wrestle with rising foreclosure rates and disappearing jobs, child-development experts are reporting that children may end up shouldering some of the most severe, long-lasting consequences of the recession of 2008, according to the Foundation for Child Development (FCD). Working […]

CNN | June 14, 2010 Education Secretary Arne Duncan wants more African-American males as teachers. CNN’s Tony Harris reports.

Medical and construction supplies, food, water filtration equipment, in addition to supporters from abroad sailed toward Gaza (a tiny strip of land controlled and blockaded by Israel but inhabited by Palestinians) in attempts to provide relief, or rather…sustenance. (…because even these flotillas would not have been able to relieve the suffering in the occupied Palestinian […]

Diversity is more than race Casey Peeks, LA Youth, May 23, 2010 How Equal Was This Separate School? Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, May 23, 2010 Communists demand jobs for young people Khethiwe Chelemu, Times Live, May 23, 2010 Which students suffer most from teacher layoffs? Anyone surprised it’s poor, minority students? Maureen Downey, Atlanta […]