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As I think of resolutions for the New Year, I am often brought back to the one thing that can make the lives of black youth better: a decent education. I have been lucky enough to be placed in positions to allow me to contextualize my own history and educational trajectory, and ultimately have been […]

Django is a film that’s been pivoted as an answer, when it raises more questions than anything. Should it be viewed within its historical significance, and the extent to which it can portray the horrors of slavery while reinvigorating a moment in history that many find irrelevant and antiquated? Or rather, should it be divorced […]

A bizarre impersonation of Serena Williams at an exhibition game in Brazil has many charging tennis player Caroline Wozniacki with racism. The 22 year-old stuffed her bra and underwear with towels and began strutting around the court, mocking Williams. Should she apologize?

A few weeks ago I threatened to record an album of me performing Christmas carols as spoken word pieces. It seemed like a genius idea at the time until: 1. While trying it in the privacy of my own home I realized that although initially funny, it gets annoying really quickly, and 2. DMX performed […]

After receiving thousands of messages pressuring him to reconsider, Stevie Wonder will cancel a performance during a gala that would have benefited Israel’s military. Was this the right decision? Should Stevie Wonder have even agreed to perform in the first place?

Last Sunday in Sacramento, Katt Williams led police on a wild chase while riding a motorized tricycle. He was caught speeding down the sidewalk at 35 mph, narrowly missing pedestrians. He refused to stop, and now the cops are looking to arrest him. What’s going on with Katt?

California voters approved a ballot measure that would amend the state’s highly controversial Three Strikes law, requiring that the third offense be of a serious and/or violent nature.

When I DJ I catch the unholy ghost. An electric shock flows through my arms; and when the record hits my finger tips, the funkadelic movement shimmy towards my wrist. Blended music surrounds my ear drums as I begin birthing new born tracks with the umbilical cord still attached. A slight cut from the mixer […]

At a campaign rally in Ohio yesterday, Jay-Z brought the house down with a slight revision to one of his classics: ‘If you havin’ world problems, I feel bad for you, son/ I got 99 problems but Mitt ain’t one.” Too far? Or juuuuuust right?

Waverly High School in upstate New York is under fire after reports that a group of white students donned blackface and reenacted Chris Brown’s assault on Rihanna.

According to Rolling Stone, Beyonce is slated to perform at next year’s Super Bowl halftime show. An official announcement is expected Wednesday.

Tonight, President Obama and GOP candidate Mitt Romney will once again face each other in the second presidential debate.