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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Shantell Jamison 773-834-1706 media@byp100.org   BYP100 Releases the Agenda to Keep Us Safe to Mobilize Young Activists Seeking to Hold Police Accountable The Agenda to Keep Us Safe is a call to action and tool for everyday people, elected officials and law enforcement agencies. October 9, 2014 CHICAGO — Today, the Black Youth Project […]

  A record number of African Americans are running for federal office this year, and unfortunately their advances have been met with increased racial polarization in politics, especially in the Deep South. There are 82 black nominees in the two major political parties running in 2014, according to an analysis by David Bositis. The number […]

  The following piece is from EBONY. It was written by Johnetta Elzie. By: Johnetta Elzie Trauma is commonly defined as a deeply distressing or disturbing experience.  Recently, I came to understand what that really means.

  A northwest Indiana man and woman have filed a federal lawsuit against the Hammond Police Department, alleging officers used excessive force during a routine traffic stop. The woman’s son recorded the incident on his cell phone. 

    With R&B singer Ciara’s release of her post baby weight, weight loss body surfacing on the net. I was inspired to think about her relationship with southern Hip-Hop artist Future and the logic behind why their engagement may have been called off.

  Thomas Eric Duncan, the lone man diagnosed with Ebola who traveled to the U.S. from Liberia, died Wednesday morning at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. He had been in critical condition after being diagnosed with Ebola in mid-September. 

PHOTO: Jasiri X speaks during a panel discussion on Ferguson, Mo., and police brutality in the Black community in Washington, D.C. in August. (Freddie Allen/NNPA) httpv://youtu.be/W_K6FsKhyrQ By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) –In the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., members of the Black community and […]

    Legendary actor, choreographer and overall entertainer Geoffrey Holder has died.  The 84-year-old star passed away due to complications from pneumonia Sunday. 

  The following piece is from the Philly. It was written by Elizabeth Wellington. By: Elizabeth Wellington Something about the models walking the DKNY catwalk last month in coifs that Lucky magazine called “slicked-down tendrils” – known in my hood as baby hair – tweaked my Queens-reared soul.

  More U.S. high school students are staying in school, according to recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau. As a result, the national dropout rate reached a record low last year. 

  A patient with Ebola-like symptoms is being treated at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. The patient recently traveled to the U.S. from Nigeria. 

  It turns out that Georgia star running back and Heisman Award candidate Todd Gurley was wrongfully accused of assault at a campus bar early Sunday morning. Athens-Clarke County police confirmed that the puncher was actually a white man.