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‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ Is Now a National Treasure
Lauryn Hill’s debut album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, has been deemed a national treasure by the Library of Congress. Relive your ’90s childhood and listen to the album in full below: Photo: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill album cover
#IAmMarteseJohnson: Myths of Respectability, Safety and Education
By Jay Dodd On a fairly warm November night, my two best boys and I were walking across campus from their apartment to my house, in an attempt to satiate our cabin fever from spending all day inside. It was oddly nice out for the season and we stopped underneath some streetlights to take selfies. […]
Starbucks’ New Initiative Encourages Baristas to Talk About Race
Starbucks has released an new initiative that is bound to be one of the worst ideas this year. The coffee chain’s “RaceTogether” program is encouraging baristas to spark racial dialogue with customers. In a country that has a terrible track record for having honest conversations about race, what could go wrong? This new initiative also […]
No More Business As Usual: UC Berkeley Students Host Teach-In
Students at the UC Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare organized a teach-in to let a racially insensitive professor know that there will be no more business as usual. From the Bold Italic: “We all experienced the emotional impact of your actions. We would not be here today if this did not really immensely impact pain on […]
#BlackGirlsMatter Report: Black Girls Face Much Harsher School Discipline Than Their White Peers
Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected, a new report from the African-American Policy Forum and Columbia University on the state of black girls was released today. The findings are dire.
Reproductive Justice Matters
Monica Raye Simpson, Executive Director of SisterSong, the National Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, explains why reproductive justice is a black issue.
Ava DuVernay and David Oyelowo Will Produce Hurricane Katrina Drama
Selma director Ava DuVernay and star David Oyelowo have joined forces to develop a Hurricane Katrina drama.
Mike Huckabee is a hating hater and needs to leave Beyoncé alone.
If there’s one thing that people who haven’t been living under a rock know, it’s to never, ever come for the Beyoncé. It is a loosing battle. You will not win. But Mike Huckabee didn’t get this message. Huckabee is upset that Barack Obama allows his daughters to listen to Queen Bey.
Boko Haram May Be Using Abducted Girls As Bombers
Boko Haram, the terrorist cell in Nigeria responsible for kidnapping over 200 girls early last year, may be using the girls to carry out bomb attacks.
The Negro Remains Mis-Educated
Dr. Carter G. Woodson has an extraordinary legacy. He is the father of Black history, the creator of Negro History Week which would expand and become Black History Month. The origin of Negro History week would include President Lincoln’s birthday (at the time he was a hero because people did not know he was an […]
Black Women: Successful And Still Unmarried
The following piece is from NPR. It was written by Tell Me More. By: Tell Me More Blog If you are a black woman with an advanced degree, there’s a good chance you’ve never been married. New research from Yale University suggests that highly educated black women are twice as likely to have never been […]
G.K. Butterfield to lead Congressional Black Caucus
G.K. Butterfield (D-North Carolina) will be the Congressional Black Caucus’ next leader. The U.S. Representative was unanimously elected on Wednesday by the 45 member group.