President Obama announced a large-scale youth employment initiative today, unveiling commitments from a slew of major companies and business men to create 180,000 summer jobs for young people. Dubbed, “Summer Jobs+,” the initiative will focus on serving low-income youth between the ages of 16-24. Read more at BlackYouthProject.com!
Pariah tells the powerful “coming of age” story of a young, Black lesbian. The film is slowly garnering more and more screens, and more and more praise and acclaim, with each passing day. Check out a fascinating interview with director Dee Rees and and actress Kim Wayans at BlackYouthProject.com!
After a fairly lackluster showing last night in Iowa, Michele Bachmann announced that she is “suspending” her Presidential campaign, which politi-speak for dropping out. Bachmann came in 6th place in the Iowa caucuses. Read more after the jump!
This past weekend I had the honor of moderating a panel discussion on hip-hop and youth activism. The panel consisted of musical artists: Invincible, Rhymefest, Jasiri X, Dana Lynn, Fresco and BBU. The reason I call this […]
26 year-old Kalisha Madden has been missing since November 28th, yet Madden is receiving very little coverage from national media outlets. Are the lives of people of color somehow less valuable? Read more at BlackYouthProject.com!
Now that we have successfully gobbled our way through Thanksgiving, businesses may commence annoying us silly with a loop of Christmas songs pumping through their store speakers and a slew of emails advertising deals for Cyber Monday/Week/Month/Year/Millennium, since we are fewer than three weeks away from the big day. Although I will more than likely […]
According to a recent report, an average of 1 New York City student is arrested per day. Of those arrested students, 88% are male, and 96 % are either Black or Hispanic! Read more at BlackYouthProject.com!
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According to a recent New York Times article, Free Lunch Programs are swelling with new participants nationwide, indicating rising levels of poverty and economic distress across the country. Read more at BlackYouthProject.com!
Forget Jersey Shore and Snookie’s emotional rants. Forget Real Housewives of Atlanta and all of its ratcheness classiness. If I really want to get a good laugh these days I tune into a Republican Presidential Candidate debate. I try to take politics seriously but when you have so many clowns in the arena it’s hard […]
Che “Rhymefest” Smith and Jasiri X outside 16th St Baptist Church in Birmingham (Photo by Paradise Gray) State Senator Scott Beason, one of the principle architects of Alabama’s anti-immigration bill HB56, is a racist. That’s not just my opinion, that’s what he was called by U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson. Beason was a key witness […]
Tyler Perry has written powerful letter to an 11 year-old involved in the Penn State sexual abuse scandal.Read more at BlackYouthProject.com!
Ludacris’ Drake/Big Sean diss “Bada Boom” is weak and forgettable. So of course, he pulled a Lil Kim and made a music video for it….
