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According to the Chicago Sun-Times, an astounding 9 out of 10 Chicago Public School students potentially impacted by school closures are African American. Shameful.

The CEO of The Onion has apologized to Quvenzhané Wallis for a disgusting tweet posted last night during the Academy Awards, and says those responsible with be disciplined. Satisfied with his apology?

The President’s visit was one moment in a longer struggle to radically improve the lives of black and Latino youth. Now that the President has come and gone we all have work to do!

One Hood Media Academy Student, William Gandy (pictured above) has begun producing a series of incredible Vlogs about his experience at the One Hood Media Academy. This vlog was not an assignment, but is a perfect example of what can happen when creativity meets opportunity and ability. Listen first hand to how inspired our youth become […]

A group of CPS students gathered in honor of Hadiya Pendleton yesterday, and to draw attention to the gun violence many of them said threatens their own lives.

Jasiri X and David Banner at the One Hood Media Academy Opening Ceremony (Photo by Imran X)  Grammy award winning Rapper/Producer David Banner was the keynote speaker at our One Hood Media Academy Opening Ceremony in Pittsburgh last week. During Q and A Amil Cook, educator and founding member of #HipHopEd (a twitter conversation that takes place every Tuesday […]

A teacher at Las Vegas Academy in Nevada is making headlines for allowing two students to wear KKK outfits for a class project. Was he simply doing his job as a history teacher, or did the project go too far? Should he be punished?

This is not a blog to “put down” Morehouse (we have enough of those on the Internet). However, few would deny that the discourse of Morehouse and the LGBTQ community is often a controversial one in the Black community. In fact, it is not a secret that many black institutions have a rather sad history […]

One Hood Media Academy, established by Jasiri X and Paradise “The Arkitech” Gray, in conjunction with August Wilson Center for African American Culture and a generous donation provided by the Heinz Endowments, is the tool to help African American young men critically analyze media messages, broaden their experience of media, and develop the creative skills […]

17 year-old Tyrone Lawson was shot and killed after a brawl broke out at the end of a HS basketball game at Chicago State University. Another tragic incidence of gun violence, ironically taking place on the heels of the White House’s gun violence initiative.How do we stop the violence?

SF teen Courtni Webb was suspended from school over a poem she wrote about the Sandy Hook shooting. In the poem, she expresses what her teacher interpreted as sympathy for shooter Adam Lanza. Should a student ever be suspended over a poem? Shouldn’t they have talked with her first?

A few weeks ago I threatened to record an album of me performing Christmas carols as spoken word pieces. It seemed like a genius idea at the time until: 1. While trying it in the privacy of my own home I realized that although initially funny, it gets annoying really quickly, and 2. DMX performed […]