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There’s a new doll on the market. The Rooti doll, designed by London-based Nigerian couple Chris and Ada Ngoforo, are programmed to speak several African languages. The doll line stemmed from the couple’s difficulty in finding dolls that reflected the values and images they desired to convey to their daughters.

Newly released data shows that the performance gap between Chicago’s black and white students continues to widen. The performance gap is tied to socioeconomic income, with wealthier classmates outperforming poorer students.

Parents of some New Orleans students have pulled their children out of school and are protesting the “school-to-prison” pipeline approach to the educational experiences of their children. About 12 families are protesting the practices of three New Orleans charter schools run by Collegiate Academies, due to what they believe is an environment not conducive to […]

A national survey of more than 1,700 African American and Hispanic teens and young adults finds that the lives of today’s millennials of color are more complex than previously assumed. The survey focused on identifying and finding solutions to health, educational and social disparities that present challenges for urban youth of color as they strive […]

LaQuana Chappelle’s best friend overdosed on sleeping pills when she was just 15. She was lying right next to her when she did it, as the girls were wards of New York City’s foster care system. Chappelle understood why her best friend claimed her own life as she herself had been under more than 40 roofs […]

According to a recent report, despite large increases over the last thirty years in educational attainment among black men, they are still less likely to obtain a good job. Researchers defined a “good job” as one that has good pay, health benefits and a retirement plan. In the report, “Has Education Paid off for Black […]

45 years ago today, legendary civil rights activist and Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was gunned down by Chicago detectives and members of the FBI during a raid. As he slept next to his 8 month pregnant partner, the last moments of his life were stolen by the boys in blue. Like most of the […]

Warren Buffett is a billionaire who enjoys teaching young children the value of a dollar. The chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway recently wrote a piece for NBC where he offers tips and best practices for parents who may want to teach their kids financial literacy.

Texas’ highest criminal court rejected an appeal from a convicted murderer where supporters charge that his death sentence was unfairly based on his race. Duane Buck, 50, was convicted and sent to death row for the murder of his ex-girlfriend and a man at her apartment in 1995.

Like many organizations, law officials, community members and family members, the NAACP wants to develop a deeper understanding of gun violence. For the next two weeks national NAACP leaders will do just that.

In case you missed it, last week I did a great job of offending people by not writing a Halloween post about the history of blackface and why it hurts my feelings. Instead, I attempted to compose a more honest set of press releases for any white person of note who gets cited for the […]

“I fear death, I’m young I have a whole life ahead of me, I don’t want to start gang-banging and then people are killing people for no reason now. So it’s like I don’t want to gang-bang and walk down the street and get killed,  that takes away my life…but It’s going to hurt the […]