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NEWS FLASH: Obama Goes Hard, Young Money's Victory Lap, and Beverley Hall Had No Idea Everyone Was Cheating in Atlanta
September 9, 2011 Last night, President Obama unveiled a $450 million dollar jobs plan during a special joint session of Congress. His plan would include slashing the Social Security payroll tax and infrastructure projects, and would be paid for in part by cutting Social Security and Medicare, as well as raising taxes on the wealthiest […]
Follow Up to Chapter’s EBT Video: Why Single Black Women Have Babies
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG_Gvd4PFFo&feature=related As a follow-up to The Viral Video, EBT: We Have Failed You Chapter…An Open Letter, I want to talk about a comment that I received frequently about Chapter’s character in the EBT video. Many people have emailed me saying that they agree with my blog, but that they also know black women who do […]
Too Little to Save
Remember just a few years ago when we had an economic crisis and all hell broke loose? And when President Bush got on TV warning us if we didn’t do something soon the whole economy would collapse? And when John McCain suspended his Presidential campaign and a big meeting was called in Washington to take […]
Weekly News Round-Up: Aug 29th- Sept 4th, 2011
Aug 29th- Sept 4th Obama Incites Some Folks to Violent Rage over New Voter Initiative Kirsten West Savali, YBW News, 8/30/11 Loot the dream looters! Youth are right to rebel! Staff Writer, Workers World, 8/31/11 Black Gay Pride kicks off tonight with vigil, youth summit Laura Douglas-Brown, GA Voice, 8/31/11 Why […]
Weekly News Round-Up: Aug 1st – August 7th, 2011
Aug 1st – 7th White supremacist principal running Bronx school with majority black and Latino students Corinne Lestch, Daily News Writer, 8/1/11 The Racist Scourge Roger Cohen, The New York Times , 8/1/11 Choosing Between an HBCU And a PWI Ja’el Gordon, Huffington Post, 8/3/11 Strategic Plan for CHS Aims to […]
Weekly News Round-Up: July 25th – July 31st, 2011
July 25th – July 31st, 2011 Black Chicago Divided Salim Muwakkil Truth Out News 7/25/11 Why African Americans Struggle to Find Jobs and Remain Employed Compared to Whites Jaryn Fields American Progress News 7/25/11 “No disrespect to the gay […]
Jay-Z and Kanye's Out-Of-Touch, Wealth-Obsessed, Culturally-Irrelevant "Otis"
“Otis” is shallow, materialistic, wealth-worshiping nonsense. And if this “luxury rap” style is going to define Watch The Throne, Yeezy and Jigga might reemerge from their luxurious, million-dollar mansions in the sky to find themselves irrelevant to a culture founded on its ability to resonate with the common man.
Obama Gives $6.2 Million Towards Minority Job Training
Obama Gives $6.2 Million Towards Minority Job Training Gerren Keith Gaynor, News One | July 20, 2011 WASHINGTON — The Obama Administration — through the Environmental Protection Agency — awarded more than $6.2 million towards workforce development in 21 minority communities. The investment seeks to provide underprivileged populations the same degree of protection as their wealthy […]
The Glum and the Restless
The Glum and the Restless Jim Tankersley, The National Journal | July 11, 2011 Here’s a fact that should give economists—and maybe President Obama’s political team—heartburn: Two years after the Great Recession officially ended, job prospects for young Americans remain historically grim. More than 17 percent of 16-to-24-year-olds who are looking for work can’t find a […]
Do black men get better health care behind bars?
Do black men get better health care behind bars? Monique W. Morris, The Grio | June 30, 2011 More than 850,000 black men and women are currently incarcerated in federal or state prisons, or in local jails throughout the U.S. The conditions of confinement have caused deep wounds for African-Americans, compromising the healthy development of communities and […]
Youth Say Race Still Matters—So What Are They Doing About It?
Youth Say Race Still Matters—So What Are They Doing About It? Juell Stewart, Colorlines | June 28, 2011 Earlier this month, our publisher released a report, “Don’t Call Them Post-Racial,” which surveyed attitudes about race in key systems in U.S. society among young adults 18-25. Dom Apollon’s research team conducted focus groups with dozens of […]
June 20, 2011 – June 26, 2011
Newark Black Film Festival Starts Wednesday Carol Selam, Westward Patch, June 26, 2011 Merlene Davis: Teens need to show leadership Merlene Davis, Herald Columist, June 26, 2011 Teens help in Pleasant Grove recovery effort Staff Writer, ALA 2, June 26, 2011 Does Barack Obama Deserve the Black Vote in 2012? Robert Oliver, EurWeb, June 25, […]