Illinois State Rep. Bobby Rush is calling for a special investigation into the death of 35 year-old Anthony Kyser, who was strangled to death after stealing toothpaste from a CVS in Chicago. The manager claimed self-defense, but surveillance footage seems to tell a different story.
The battle over lengthening the school year for America’s students rages on. What do you think?
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Megan Piphus, an upperclassman at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, recently appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She’s using music, ventriloquism, and puppetry, to inspire youth to dream big and in color!
BET’s new documentary ‘Murder to Excellence: Life & Hip Hop in Chicago’ spotlights our youth, the challenges they face, and the multi-faceted art to which their struggle has given birth.
Two young black women use notecards to discuss parallel struggles with abuse and suicide; and how they found strength through friendship, faith and love.
Kevin Clash, the longtime voice and puppeteer behind Sesame Street’s Elmo character, has resigned. According to the NY Daily News, a second accuser has now come forward, alleging that he and Clash engaged in a sexual relationship while he was a teenager.
Representative Jim Clyburn asserted that the attacks on UN Ambassador Susan Rice are race-based. He points to the uncalled fore use of terms like “lazy” and “incompetent” to describe Rice; words historically used to undermine African Americans. What do you think?
The man who accused Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash of statutory rape has recanted his story. Clash maintained his innocence throughout this ordeal. Sadly, the damage has already been done to Kevin Clash’s good name and reputation. Hopefully he’ll be able to recover and return to doing what he loves.
So this past week we all voted and made the decision to re-elect Barack Obama. (Woot-Woot!) However, now that he is re-elected I am lead to think about two things. The first: how will those of us who care about the issues of the poor put pressure on the president to make it a priority […]
This morning, a gunman entered World Changers Church International in Atlanta and opened fire, killing one person.
Issa Rae, the writer and star of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, has gotten a boost from Shonda Rhimes, the black woman behind ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal. I Hate L.A. Dudes, a comedy conceived by Rae, has been sold to ABC; Rhimes will serve as executive producer:
