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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announces a five-year plan to invest $50 million in youth-serving programs. Hopefully this plan will be informed by the input of the community.

18 year-old Philadelphia student Cameron Clarke is making headlines for scoring a perfect 2400 on the SATs. Out of 1.66 million test takers, Cameron is one of only 360 who scored a 2400. AMAZING! Congrats, Cameron!

Beyonce has signed a $50 million endorsement deal with Pepsi. While many are congratulating Bey on a major career milestone, others have criticized the endorsement of a sugary, decidedly unhealthy soft drink as hypocritical. Do you fault Bey for collaborating with Pepsi?

Philadelphia’s “A Blueprint for Transforming Philadelphia’s Public Schools,” is a sweeping overhaul of Philly’s predominantly black public school system. 64 schools will be closed by 2017; 40% of students will be in charter schools. Is the goal to educate our youth, or misguide and inevitably fail them?

TOO MUCH, TOO LATE?: NewsOne Lists Obama’s 40 Greatest Presidential Accomplishments; But Do They Even Matter Anymore?   In the face of mounting doubts regarding The President’s reelection prospects, NewsOne has taken the liberty of listing “40 Reasons to Be Proud of Obama’s Presidency.” And it’s a long and exhaustive list. But if there’s one accomplishment the […]

Yesterday, hip-hop fans across the world celebrated what would have been the legendary rapper’s 40th birthday.  Killed in 1997 in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting, Tupac’s death remains unsolved to this day.  The rapper has sold over 75 million records worldwide, with 6 of his 10 albums released posthumously. Here is one our favorite Tupac […]

…Tuskegee and Guatemala are drops in the bucket when it comes to testing on vulnerable populations. However, I will say what often makes some of the medical mistreatment of blacks so egregious is that we have been such important catalysts to medical discovery. So while Tuskegee was happening, whether blacks were infected intentionally or got syphilis on their own accord, there was a cure available. The withholding of treatment was not some random clerical error.

Of the approximately 40 million seniors residing in the U.S., one-tenth, or 4 million are not receiving Social Security old age support. Of that 4 million, one-third are minorities. That’s according to research found by New America Media.

Despite right-wing opposition, black youth have a chance to change the course of history by mobilizing our communities to enroll in the new Affordable Care Act’s healthcare insurance marketplace. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) or “Obamacare,” offers health insurance to more than 40 million people for the first time.

One Manhattan high school has made clear not all lessons are worth learning, particularly those that highlight the fallacies of the criminal justice system. According to New York Daily News, Jeena Lee-Walker filed suit against the Department of Education and school administrators on Friday for being fired for teaching her students about the Central Park […]

Jasiri X outside the now closed August Wilson Center in 2010 at the First Voice Festival (photo by Haute Muslim)  httpv://youtu.be/lwHKOPEjWVM In the above video I spoke about the importance of the legacy of August Wilson and the necessity of supporting a African-American cultural institution. Today marks the 5th anniversary of the opening of the […]

The following post originally appeared on the New York Times under the title, “Those Girls Haven’t Been Brought Back.” It was written by Nicholas Kristof. By: Nicholas Kristof IT has been almost three months since Islamic militants in northern Nigeria attacked a school that was giving exams and kidnapped more than 250 girls — some of the brightest […]