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Following Donald Trump’s Muslim ban and a broken strike among NYC taxi drivers, there was a widespread campaign to encourage users to delete their accounts with the ride-sharing app known as Uber. One of the first questions many people had was what would they do without the convenience of the app that allows them to […]

By Jasmine Banks “Taking the high road” is a myth and a distraction from revolution. It wasn’t even two days after the United States of America established Donald Trump as president that calls to “take the high road” started. The calls came from white folks who did and didn’t vote for Trump and Black folks […]

Colin Kaepernick’s decision to sit – then kneel – for the National Anthem is spreading like prairie fire. As individual players throughout the NFL are coming out to show their support, the Seattle Seahawks may be taking it to a much higher level. While we don’t have many details as to what the team has planned, […]

JOHANNESBURG—The policing of Black women’s hair strikes again. This time, black students at the Pretoria High School for Girls in Pretoria, South Africa allege that their school’s dress code is being enforced in a manner that discriminates against natural hairstyles. The girls claim that they have been punished or threatened with punishment for wearing styles […]

A report from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics has found that, between 1999 and 2014, suicide rates for pretty much every demographic in the United States have been on the rise, with black men being the exception. The study looked at statistics for deaths considered to be suicides for people from the ages of […]

Back in February, Akilah Johnson was ”surprised and overwhelmed” when she found out that she was a national finalist in the “Doodle 4 Google” contest for elementary through high school students. Could you imagine how she feels now that she’s won? Johnson, a sophomore at Eastern Senior High School in the Northeast quadrant of Washington […]

A new report from the Rhode Island Department of Health links an uptick in STD cases to the use of social media hook up apps such as Tinder. According to the report, the number of infectious syphilis cases increased by 79%, gonorrhea cases increased by 30% and the number of newly-identified HIV cases increased by […]

    The following piece is from The Chicago Reporter. It was written by Adeshina Emmanuel. By: Adeshina Emmanuel Michael Brown. Rekia Boyd. Oscar Grant. They were all unarmed black youth at the center of high-profile shootings that spurred protests about police use of excessive force and reignited debates about police relations with communities of […]

A Pennsylvania high school graduation was brought to a complete standstill after a U.S. Army sergeant surprised his son at the ceremony. U.S. Army Sgt. Owen Neuville was deployed to Afghanistan a few months ago, but he managed to arrive just in time for his son Dashaun’s big moment. 

A moment of silence for our elder Maya Angelou as she transitions into the cosmos and protects us as our ancestor…. I was first introduced to Maya Angelou in college (my high school cared nothing for multiculturalism and an inclusive education) when I took an African American poetry course.  I loved this class so much, […]

Last month, we reported fantastic news of Oakland scholar and athlete Akintunde Ahmad. The Oakland Technical High School senior got several offers to top-tier schools, but has decided to take his brains to Yale. And to make things better, Ahmad was blessed with a shopping spree by members of the Oakland Raiders. 

First Lady Michelle Obama is committed to motivating every student in America to expand their education beyond high school. And she’s using social media to do just that.