According to research from Loyola University and Project NIA, 75 percent of students arrested in Chicago’s public schools last year were black.
Community members, union leaders, and members of the Black Disciples have united to protest the closing of Roseland Community Hospital on Chicago’s South Side, the only hospital within an eight mile radius.
Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert has been fined $75,000 for using the phrase “no homo,” and calling the media “motherf—-” during a press conference.
A kindergarten graduation in Cleveland descended into mayhem. A dispute over spilled punch was taken outside and fighting ensued. Eight people were arrested. Once again, this happened at a kindergarten graduation.
Right so, according to my Facebook page and Twitter account, Tyler Perry and Oprah (aka Madea and Miss Sophia) tried to get all Watch the Throne on us and collabo on some crappy TV shows. Essentially, Tyler created a couple of shows for his BFF’s fledgling network, a bunch of people watched them and concluded […]
We’re sure many of you remember 9 year-old Asean Johnson, whose galvanizing speech at an anti-school closings rally in Chicago became a viral sensation.
This past year, I have worked as a lead facilitator in a leadership program with Black male eighth graders on the South Side of Chicago. These are Black males who attend a school that is closing as a result of Rahm Emanuel’s upheaval of Chicago Public Schools. In addition to these woes, these Black males […]
A program out of Minneapolis called Beats and Rhymes gives young people the training and equipment to make Hip Hop in exchange for keeping up with their schoolwork.
In a recent interview with MTV News, critically-acclaimed emcee Kendrick Lamar took today’s Hip Hop to task for its infatuation with the drug “molly.”
Earlier this week Chief Keef was arrested in Atlanta. Now, he’s embroiled in a bit of a beef with pop singer Katy Perry, threatening to “slap the s— out her” after he learned that she dissed his song
After losing their mother to cancer, Makia Underwood, 32, Zakia Clark, 29, and Tasha Clark, 27 began wearing shirts and hats with “F— Cancer” emblazoned on the front. A security guard at a Philly mall took issue w/ the language, and kicked them out.
It was a very sad day for many Chicago parents, teachers, and community members; as the Chicago School Board voted to close 50 schools. But there was one bright spot on an otherwise cloudy day; Asean Johnson, a 9 year-old CPS student who left a massive crowd of protesters riveted with a incredibly passionate speech.
