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  According to a report by Forbes, all but three of America’s 185 wealthiest families are white.  Forbes’ 185 dynasties with fortunes of at least $1 billion is the first comprehensive ranking of the richest families in America. 

World-renowned poet, actress and novelist Maya Angelou has passed away. She was 86 and died at her home in North Carolina according to her publicist Helen Brann. 

A New York teen who made headlines after being selected into all eight Ivy League schools has made a decision. Kwasi Enin will take his talents to Yale University. 

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 […]

It has become clear that in various cities around the world there are two separate economies, two separate societies, and two separate worlds.  There is a dichotomy set, which places the “haves” on one side of the spectrum, and the “have-nots” on the other side. Historically, we have seen communities across the world be separated […]

New Black Panthers protest Jews and the white man June 25 Pajamas Media, June 19, 2011 Targeting Former Gang Members and Improving Police-Youth Relationships Justin Chapman, ALT Patch, June 18, 2011 Are dark themes in youth fiction helpful or harmful to teenagers? WSJ News, June 17, 2011 African-American farmers win compensation Abayomi Azikiwe, Pan-African News Wire, June […]

What happens when you take one of the illest mc’s of all-time and put him on a track with a “toasting” reggae sensation? You get distant relatives. I’m not referring to your typical long lost cousin kind of distant relative, I’m talking about the family member who you never met but instantly click with. Although […]

  There is a problem with leadership in America, particularly black America. From every angle when we think of our leadership there are three main themes (i.e., the problematic, the self-aggrandizer, and the bad).  Leadership is a tricky thing when you think about it. No one is at birth (here in United States of America) […]

  As a youngster my father always told me to never make excuses. He stressed that habitual “excuse making” leads to defeatism. He spoke of defeatism so pejoratively that I began to think it was some sort of plague. When he even uttered the word excuse his face would contort in an ugly cringe as […]