Today Show | April 25, 2011 Maryland Police continue to search for clues about the disappearance and murder of high school student, Phylicia Barnes. Â Her body was found in the icy waters of the Susquehanna River last week.
In Peter Coy’s article the Kids Are Not Alright, he quotes that democracies are “much better at managing large numbers of highly educated people” than are nations with an official leader who has absolute authority (read: autocratic countries). Leaders of autocratic nations face the dilemma of needing an educated work force to grow their country’s […]
Before I begin this post, let me start off by saying that I do not have all the answers. If I did, gas prices would be lower, alternative energy would no longer be alternative, and discrimination of all kind would be a thing of the past. Although I’m not quite sure how to end bigotry […]
Fox Atlanta | March 29, 2011 Budget cuts meant a DeKalb County library branch was set to close at the end of this month, but then a 12-year-old boy stepped in. It was a first person civics lesson for 12-year-old home schooled sixth grader Sekondi Landry. The DeKalb County boy spent hours at the library […]
So…Good Morning America gets their studio trashed and tilts their heads in confusion. Why the awesomeness Robin Roberts? On Tuesday Chris Brown visited the ABC morning show, where he was asked to participate in an interview. And of course after two years of repenting for the incident with Rihanna, Robin Roberts, unlike a true friend, […]
Today Show | March 23, 2011 Anaih Rucker, 9, talks about her courageous, split-second decision to push her 5-year-old sister, Camry, out of the way of an oncoming truck, which left her with an amputated leg.
News One | March 10, 2011 Watoto from the Nile, the girl group from Baltimore that created much buzz on the web with their music video questioning Lil Wayne’s lyrics about women, talk for the first time about their controversial song.
How hazing hurts reputation of black Greek life Lawrence C. Ross, The Grio | March 8, 2011 So seven members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority were charged with hazing a University of Maryland pledge. The Zetas allegedly followed the usual modus operandi, beating the pledge with an oak paddle, pushing her against a wall, and causing […]
CNN | March 8, 2011 Students and parents at St. Augustine High School, a New Orleans boys Catholic school, are organizing to keep their school’s paddling policy in place.
WBNS 10 News (via The Root) | March 5, 2011 Nikko Burton, a 10-year-old student at Chapelfield Elementary in Ohio, says he was humiliated by his teacher when she tried to demonstrate what it was like to be a slave on an auction block. Burton, one of two black students in his class, was chosen […]
CNN | March 3, 2011 (From Colorlines)  What has changed in the last twenty years is people’s access to cameras in order to film everyday interactions with police. The medium has become a crucial tool for demanding accountability for violent acts of unwarranted brutality. Rates of police brutality may not be going up, but there’s […]
MSNBC | March 2, 2011 Colby Bohannan of the Former Majority Association for Equality and Marc Lamont Hill of Columbia University talk about a new college scholarship offered exclusively for white, male students.
