According to a report released by the Center for American Progress and the National Education Association, U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students. The report seeks to call attention to what researchers refer to as the “diversity gap” at elementary and secondary schools in the country.Â
I almost got distracted from the more significant work I was supposed to do with this blog space when I heard that the one and only Oprah Winfrey was seriously interested in purchasing the Los Angeles Clippers. I was going to going on and on about my excitement over the possibility. Can you imagine that? […]
A male teenager is being medically evaluated after an alleged assault on two children left one dead in Virginia. Richmond Police confirmed that two juveniles, under the age of 13 were assaulted, one succumbing to his injuries.Â
YouTube sensation Issa Rae has launched a new initiative to help people of color break into the film industry. “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” creator created the Color Creative to give “great writes of color and platform and an audience.”
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.Â
NBA owners appear to be just as committed as Commissioner Adam Silver is to ending Donald Sterling’s ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers. An advisory committee for the league held its first meeting about Sterling on Thursday, two days after Silver urged owners to force a sale of the team.
The president of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP has resigned after outrage over a decision to give Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling an award for promoting civil rights. Leon Jenkins was to present Sterling with the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award later this month, but later rescinded the offer after a recording of […]
Ah music. It’s pros and cons are just about even, so pick a side. Either you love it or hate it or want nothing to do with with it. When we add the word “industry” to it, it becomes an even more hateful loving relationship. I liked the fan page for the […]
In a written statement, comedian D.L. Hughley apologized for previous comments made about former Scandal actor Columbus Short’s wife. Here’s what he originally said: “The star of one of the hottest dramas in the country, chokes the f*ck out of his wife? That doesn’t ever happen. I don’t think it happened first off. Like the time Warren […]
In a conversation that I had with a close friend, we discussed people using the word Nigga/Nigger and what it meant. There is this new age argument that Nigga now means friend and is a term of endearment. But is it really? Is a word that has the power to elicit your deepest rage and […]
More than 60 New Jersey high school seniors were arrested early Thursday after allegedly breaking into their school for a class prank overnight. Police say the students urinated in the school’s hallways, flipped desks over and greased door handles.Â
Queen Latifah will be playing Bessie Smith in a biopic, and Dee Rees, director of the movie Pariah, is slated to write and direct the film, which will air on HBO.
