According to a variety of studies, Black teens drink less alcohol than their white peers. ANd while the reason why remains unclear, a recent study suggests “racial differences in personality traits” explains this phenomenon. What do you think?
Jasiri X after performing at the historic Apollo Theater (Photo by Paradise Gray) It’s been a great last few weeks for fans of conscious Hip-Hop music. Nas just dropped “Life is Good”, which is universally being regarded as a modern day classic. Killer Mike’s “R.A.P. Music” made several mid year lists for best album of […]
25,000 high school and college students’ needed on SaveCampusDiversity.org by the amicus brief deadline of Monday August 6. The Supreme Court will decide whether colleges can continue to strive for diversity in their student bodies. Make your voice heard!
They build in the name of development. An inanimate concept that creates debts between those living in the first world countries and those dying in third and developing constructs, even when privilege stares into the eyes of poverty, the rich would still displace millions just to construct. The Irony is that in the name of […]
Upon watching his appearance on a 2006 taping of “My Block: Chicago,” Lupe Fiasco became emotional, shedding tears for friends in the clip who have passed on, and mourning the continued violence that currently plagues the Windy City.
Actor Sherman Hemsley has passed away. He was 74.As a great article at the Huffington Post points out, Hemsley’s work on The Jeffersons greatly impacted the landscape of American television. Rest in Peace, Mr. Hemsley.
Check out this phenomenal articleabout one Chicago pastor and quest to understand and eradicate violence in the Windy City. It’s truly a must read. Nursing Trauma: How One Church is Going After Chicago’s Violence Epidemic By Julian DeShazier Chicago: the only city in the world to broadcast a local network in international syndication (WGN, thanks […]
This isn’t the post that I had planned for today but a series of conversations surrounding Nelson Mandela’s birth and whether it calls for international celebration led me to make a change. My thoughts on USA Basketball can wait. On my drive to work this morning, a local DJ mistakenly called Nelson Mandela the first […]
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSgpwhF8Dbc Chicago has been running the summer, putting out music that the whole nation can’t resist. Chief Keef’s “I Don’t Like” and Kanye West’s “Mercy” haven’t stop blasting from radio stations and concert venues. Keeping up with momentum, another Chi-town native draws viewers by the thousands to his video. The 13 years-old Lil Mouse throws […]
“Do We Need to Start a Riot?” is a response to the recent report by the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement that states 110 Black people have been killed by the police in 2012, one every 40 hours Filmed on location in New York City at the historic march to end Stop and Frisk, and in […]
CALLING ALL ARTISTS: Submit Music To THE PLEDGE MIXTAPE; sponsored by the Black Youth Project and Rhymefest’s Power of Purpose, Inc. Taking back our communal power through music!
I’ve spent the last week treading in the liquid of a queer-flavored ambivalence, trying to determine why the Anderson Cooper and Frank Ocean coming out announcements mean less to me than other people. I have seen enough episodes of Coming Out Stories and foolishly subjected myself and my partner to the awkward anti-climax of telling my father […]
