Today, BYP releases its latest memo: “The Political Impact of Young People of Color in the 2012 Election.” This new analysis shows that youth again increased their presence at the voting booth, and this increase was driven largely by high levels of turnout among young Blacks and Latinos.
Perhaps nothing helps a post-election hangover better than lapping up all of the tea being spilled from the losing side. News of the fallout from the Romney campaign continues. Although there’s no word about how Romney staff members whose credit cards were canceled got home Tuesday night, there is news about their boss’ response to […]
So this past week we all voted and made the decision to re-elect Barack Obama. (Woot-Woot!) However, now that he is re-elected I am lead to think about two things. The first: how will those of us who care about the issues of the poor put pressure on the president to make it a priority […]
The President becomes emotional – even shedding a few tears- as he heaps praise and gratitude on his team. He explains, “it’s not that you remind me of myself, it’s that you’re so much better.”
In the wake of President Obama’s big win this week, the racists and ignoramuses came out in full force. Jezebel took the liberty of rounding up a few of the most outrageous and pathetic highlights. Will our nation ever get beyond racism and bigotry?
Angry over Obama’s reelection, some disgruntled University of Mississippi students took to the campus streets. The angry protesters made it very clear that they weren’t happy with the re-election of a black president. Way to go, Ole Miss. We wish we could say we’re surprised.
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 […]
“In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. To my jaded contemporaries who think they aren’t voting today. Let me apologize to you on behalf of this country. I’m sorry that this country has so disenfranchised you that you’ve […]
This is it, folks. Election day is finally (read: mercifully) upon us. Please get out to the polls today and make your voice heard.
Just like last month, when The White House was congratulating itself a lower employment rate, not much has been said about the fact that unemployment for blacks and youth remain high. In fact, it actually rose:
For weeks I’ve gone back and forth about whether or not to say what I’m about to. There are several reasons for this. First, I didn’t want to be repetitive, and what I’m going to say is in some ways an updated version of a couple of blogs I wrote on my old personal site […]
For some strange reason, Chris Brown thought it would be a good idea to dress up as a Islamic terrorist. Of course, many didn’t find the costume funny at all; instead pointing out that dressing up as a stereotypical Islamic terrorist is totally racist and offensive. What do you think?
