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According to a recent study, black and Latino “hip-hop” students are disproportionately punished in urban schools. The study’s lead researcher and Michigan State University Assistant Professor of Education Muhammad Khalifa found that students who identified with hip-hop culture were often removed from school because of their dress and cultural behaviors.

A 25-year-old DJ will make history as the first black African in space. Mandla Maseko is among 23 people selected out of 1 million entrants from around the world to partake in the Lynx Apollo Space Academy competition. The prize? The be blasted 62 miles into orbit aboard a Lynx mark II shuttle in 2015.

The release of Black Panties has come with a deluge on non-album related publicity for R. Kelly. Just a few weeks ago, the #AskRKelly hashtag meant to allow fans to ask the singer questions became an opportunity for folks to make fun of or ask questions about the sexual abuse allegations that threatened Kelly’s career. To add, […]

Clarence Aaron is one of 8 prisoners whose sentences were pardoned by President Obama on Thursday. Aaron is one of many first-time nonviolent drug offenders sentenced to life without parole. His story was widely used as a prime example of injustice within the prison system. 

In response to a judge’s verdict that a 16-year-old teen who killed four people while driving drunk suffered from “Affluenza,” author J.A.M. has presented an alternative point of view. Ethan Couch was sentenced to 10 years probation due to suffering from “Affluenza,” meaning that since his family is so rich, he was “unable to know right […]

  According to a poll conducted by Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, 41 percent of adults ages 18 to 29 approve of President Obama’s job performance. The rating is the lowest-ever among the group, and an 11 point drop from April.

The number of stop-and-frisks occurrences conducted by the NYPD has declined by 80 percent in recent months compared to this time last year. Officers also recovered fewer weapons according to data obtained from the police department on Monday.

Earlier this week, we published the story of Orville Lloyd Douglas, a black man living in Toronto. Douglas wrote a very bold and candid post about why he hated being a black man. In response to Douglas’ article, a gentleman by the name of David Swerdlick wrote an article, “Why I love Being A Black Man.”

Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that seeks to prevent discrimination against gay and transgender employees in the workplace. The Employment Non-discrimination Act now goes to the House of Representatives for approval, but many Republicans have vowed to put a halt to the measure.

Brazil had more African slaves on its shores than any other country in North America. The country’s president plans to ask congress to pass legislation that would reserve 20 percent of the nation’s government jobs for blacks.

The father of a 3-year-old boy killed in a Louisiana, Mo., fire is recovering after police tasered him for trying to save his stepson. Riley Miller died on Thursday after his family’s home caught on fire.

A Nevada lawmaker who said that he would vote to reinstate slavery if the public wanted it has retracted his statement.