President Barack Obama is once again Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, for ‘finding and forging a new majority, for turning weakness into opportunity and for seeking, amid great adversity, to create a more perfect union…’ Do you agree?
A Bedford Stuyvesant woman was arrested for filming an NYPD Stop and Frisk in progress. With the help of the NYCLU, Hadiyah Charles plans to sue the NYPD, asserting that her civil rights were violated. Good for her! Will these officers face any real consequences?
Robert Johnson, BET founder, billionaire, and head of RLJ enterprises, has once again called for President Obama to address black unemployment more directly. And he’s got an idea.
A new study claims that many African-American women don’t exercise due to concerns about maintaining their hairstyles. Think this study is legit? Do you exercise?
Activists in Brazil have launched a campaign to impeach the governor of Sao Paulo amid allegations of a campaign of police violence that specifically targets black youth.
Megan Piphus, an upperclassman at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, recently appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She’s using music, ventriloquism, and puppetry, to inspire youth to dream big and in color!
It’s sad that it takes a tragedy so horrifying it’s beyond belief to get us to recognize a problem that’s been staring us in the face for decades. The culture of violence that this country was founded on is as American as apple pie. Sadly innocent children and brave teachers were murdered in Newtown, CT, and we can only […]
In the wake of the terrible massacre in Newtown, Conneticut, Democrats (and many Republicans) are pushing for the return of an assault weapons ban. Would such a ban go far enough?
At just 18 years-old, Polite Stewart has already earned a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Southern University. Congrats to this talented young man! He’s just getting started!
I attend Temple University in Philadelphia, and almost every time I mention that I am from Chicago I get 2 questions: “Do you know Chief Keef?” and “Have you ever been shot?” When did Chief Keef become the poster-boy for Chicago? What does this say about our society’s obsession with violence?
A horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut has so far claimed the lives of 27 people, including 18 children. The gunman was allegedly the father of a student at the school. There are unconfirmed reports that the school’s principal and psychologist are among the deceased. From the Huffington Post: Reports say that […]
Students at Chicago’s King College Prep High School staged a sit-in on Thursday, demanding that their principal, Shontae Higginbottom resign.
