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16-year-old Chase “Sneakers” Reed made history when he became the first person in the world to open a sneaker pawn shop. Reed, a 10th grader at Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem, says high-end kicks are becoming the currency of choice in New York.

Actor/comedian Tracy Morgan is in fair condition after a fatal car accident left him in intensive care last week. The news came via a statement from his rep Lewis Kay late Monday. 

A New York man has been acquitted of killing his infant son after the state’s highest court granted him a new trial. Adrian Thomas served six years behind bars, but after seven hours of deliberating, Rensselaer County jurors declared him a free man. 

A truck driver accused of triggering a highway crash that seriously injured Tracy Morgan and killed a man had not slept for at least 24 hours. Wal-Mart driver Kevin Roper is expected to appear in court Wednesday. 

JayAre of the rap group Cali Swag District has passed away due to complications from sickle cell anemia. He was 25. 

  Last week, it was announced that Star Trek actor and Reading Rainbow host LaVar Burton created a Kickstarter campaign in hopes of raising $1 million to bring back the popular children’s television show. Burton succeeded in raising the funds, but many weren’t thrilled with the idea of the show’s return. In Caitlin Dewey’s article, “Why you might want to reconsider […]

  I was honored to be a part of a national delegation of 30 black Public Ally Alumni professionals working on a Public Allies and Open Society Foundation project to advance black male achievement (BMA) for opportunity youth (ages 18-24) in conjunction with The White House’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative from May 6-8, 2014.  To […]

By: Mark Harris This is just in: the Kickstarter campaign for the revitalization of Reading Rainbow was a success. The show, which was hosted on PBS by Levar Burton, was a staple for kids during the 80’s. The show lasted until 2006 and aired for the last time in 2009. Levar Burton and Mark Wolfe […]

Houston officials and residents honored civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with a statue on Saturday. National leaders and activists have been pushing for the statue for decades. 

Five friends of a California man who was fatally shot by San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit police have reached a settlement. Jack Bryson Jr., Nigel Bryson, Michael Greer, Carlos Reyes and Fernando Anicete Jr. will split $175,000 as part of a settlement reached late last month against BART. 

Chicago resident Octavious Talbot spent most of his life in an overcrowded home on the city’s south side. But the 20-year-old’s life drastically changed when he was offered a scholarship to Morehouse College. Now, the graduate will be a full-time student at Harvard University come fall.

  Boko Haram extremists responsible for the abduction of more than 300 Nigerian schoolgirls attacked residents in Northern Nigeria on Wednesday. The encounter left 48 people dead, just hours after twin bombings claimed the lives of at least 118 people in the city.