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Oscar Grant case: No justice, no peace! Editorial Writer, Workers World, July 11, 2010 NAACP must keep pushing for change Doug Moore, STL Today, July 11, 2010 Summer camp keeping kids moving, learning Gary Stallard, The Lufkin Daily News, July 11, 2010 Teenage smoking rate no longer falling despite programs Letitia Stein, St. Petersburg Times, […]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJxjxrz-jVc&feature=related When the first video of Kat Stacks being slapped by Bow Wow’s male fans became viral on YouTube back in June, I was immediately angered by the physical act of violence and then equally angered by the misogynistic rhetorical of male honor and female “sexual” dishonor that legitimized the beating of Kat Stacks. However, […]

The illegal immigrant is not a border problem but a business one.  And while it is fair to say the question of illegal immigration brings up all our trauma around race and xenophobia, it is also fair to say it brings out our capitalist as well.  Thus, the “problem” of illegal immigration is not merely […]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYHguBEXkac I wrote this blog literally a year ago today. It was not a published blog because the Black Youth Project had yet to premier online. Well, I think my thoughts a year ago still resonate today as we honor Michael Jackson’s memory. The title of the blog is, “The Feasting of Michael Jackson’s Flesh: […]

Teens Face Worst Summer Job Market in 41 Years Joseph Pisani, CNBC, June 8, 2010 The kickoff to the summer job season is not looking so hot for teens. Young Americans are expected to face a tough summer job market. Employment among 16-to 19-year olds in May grew by just 6,000, the smallest increase since […]

Job Outlook for Teenagers Worsens Mickey Meece, New York Times, June 1, 2010 This year is shaping up to be even worse than last for the millions of high school and college students looking for summer jobs. State and local governments, traditionally among the biggest seasonal employers, are knee-deep in budget woes, and the stimulus […]

It is a G.R.E.A.T. program Larry Brock, The Richmond Register, May 29, 2010 Local students visit historically black schools Annie Martin, The Enquirer, May 29, 2010 Youth violence fight goes online Kirsty Noffke, Twee Daily News, May 28, 2010 Basketball helps Stop the Violence Ben Roberts, WALB News, May 28, 2010 Got a steep college […]

Well, well, well. I hate to say it but just because you picked the apples doesn’t mean you can have a piece of the pie. And if this month’s Census form was any indication, Senate Bill 1070 (aka SB 1070) from Arizona was no surprise. Long before the introduction and subsequent signing of SB 1070, […]

In 1964 at the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Convention, Fannie Lou Hamer said, “All my life I’ve been sick and tired . . . Now, I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.” Even though these words were distinctively about Southern racism, I find myself unconsciously gravitating to these words to talk about the […]

Summit opens dialogue with teens Elizabeth M. Mack, Tallahassee Democrat, March 21, 2010 St. Cloud looks at race disparity suspension gap in schools Dave Aeikens, SC Times, March 21, 2010 Engaging Seattle’s youth and families Times Staff Writer, Seattle Times, March 21, 2010 Battle of the Youth Bulge Addison Wiggin, Daily Reckoning, March 21, 2010 Minimum wage hikes harm […]

(response to “NBA needs to teach guys like Arenas”) In the early hours of the Arenas debacle—the post-suspension one, commentators took to the airwaves, blogs, and news sites to talk about what changes the NBA would need to make, to not only teach Gilbert Arenas a lesson, but to teach all the other boys in […]

They said it would make my life better. They said I would find my “purpose.” It was my 8th grade school year. My pastor said I should read this book that would change my life. The name of the book was A Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. It’s always interesting to reflect back to […]