South By Southwest is an annual more than week long set of festivals and conferences focused on music, film, and technology. The event brings together professionals from the media world as well as super stars and interested fans. Most people are timid around purchasing a ticket for SXSW, however this time the money is definitely […]
President Obama has proposed a budget for 2017, which removes a $10 million annual grant that goes towards funding âabstinence-onlyâ sexual education classes in public schools. By getting rid of this money, Obama ends the financial incentive for states to continue to teach this one-sided sexual education program.
On Saturday, 20-year-old Douglas won the American Cup at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, which was her first gold since winning the Olympic all-around in London in 2012. There have only been six American women who have gone on to compete in two Olympic competitions since 1980. Thus far, the only woman who has […]
This presidential election season has consistently brought up the conversation of race, as it should, and right now, the conversation has turned into a debate, thanks to the award-winning poet and Civil Rights activist, Maya Angelou.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced last Tuesday in Boston at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections that 1 out of every 2 African-American gay or bisexual men would be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetimes if the current trends continue.
TW: This story involves graphic imagery. I moved out of Orange County, California nearly two years ago. I don’t miss it. At all. And, on days like today, I am ever grateful that I got out of there when I did. Most people who know me know that I worked “for the Mouse” for five years. […]
The curtain rises on The Life of Pablo like the sun on a Sunday morning as Kelly Priceâs vocals serenade and transition us into Kanyeâs hook on âUltra Light Beam.â The background choir plays a heavy role in adding the spiritual touch onto this epic album.
In an unfortunate, yet expected turn of events, Mississippi claims its throne in the race to be the most racist state in America. The governor of Mississippi, Phil Bryant, signed a proclamation that made April âConfederate Heritage Month.â This is also the state that stirred a large debate around removing the Confederate battle emblem from […]
When the Oscars wonât honor the great African Americans who are making strides in the film industry, what else is there to do but implicitly protest the award show?
Chicago, like many other places in the world, is a city that thrives upon the informal economy. Individuals in Black and Brown neighborhoods in Chicago are finding a way around buying cigarettes by the pack, as each of those purchases are taxed $7.17. Their solution: sell loosies.
Even though this Black History Month will go down in history as the boldest one in a lifetime, it is a shame that we are still seeing firsts in 2016. Thereâs also no coincidence that all of these Black âfirstsâ are being announced in February. Harvard University has made the esteemed epidemiologist Michelle Williams the […]
What was the saying? Blacks canât swim. Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are making sure that the saying stays true, because as of now, there is only one HBCU with a swim team: Howard University.
