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A recent study published in the Journal of Black Studies found that many waiters give black customers poor service, assuming that black patrons are bad tippers. Have you ever felt like your race impacted the quality of service you received at a restaurant?

According to a recent study, Tobacco advertising targets California’s low-income and African American youth. Advertisements marketing menthol cigarettes had greater visibility at retailers near black high schools. Why do you think they’re specifically targeting our youth?

On Tuesday, April 24th, we plan on honoring the birth anniversary of the great Mumia Abu Jamal by Occupying the Justice Department and demanding his release.  Hip-Hop artists like myself, M-1 from Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, Immortal Technique, Rebel Diaz, and Paradise the Arkitech of X-Clan, join Danny Glover, Angela Davis, Pam Africa, Dr. Marc […]

Six year-old Salecia Johnson was handcuffed by police officers after throwing a tantrum at her kindergarten. Salecia’s mother has started an online petition, demanding that the arrest be removed from Salecia’s record, and an end to the use of police in school discipline. Learn more at BlackYouthProject.com!

Given the kind of stuff that I cover here, sometimes certain blogs are obligatory. This is one of them. A few weeks ago, I read an article about Toni Morrison, who has begun promoting her latest novel, Home, available to readers next month. As usual, I found Morrison’s words to be absurdly phenomenal and inspiring. I […]

Okay, sometimes “things” happen in the world that just make me sigh. (Read: blackface cakes meant to represent female genital mutilation.) Over the past few months, there just seems to have been a torrent of misguided gaffes and controversies that continually reveal how much work still needs to be done in the world along the […]

    If you have yet to hear, a school board in Tucson, Arizona has banned an ethnic studies course from being taught in their district. Not only is the policy created out of ignorance, but it is also overtly racist. Some of the most outrageous instances remind you that ideology is often a factor […]

Daily Beast reporter Aram Roston spent some time in Sanford, Florida recently, and learned new details regarding George Zimmerman’s account of what happened on the night of Trayvon Martin’s death. Do you believe him? Does he deserve to be convicted?

On Monday Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law a bill that would require applicants for welfare to be tested for drugs. Are such laws providing real solutions to real problems, or is this the byproduct of a war on our nation’s poor, and a violation of the 4th amendment?

Dedicated to Lakeesha Malone and Kim Jackson This past Sunday Dr. Dre and Snoop Doog achieved an impossible: they brought Tupac Shakur back to life! Using hologram technology, the musicians have awakened a level of consciousness that many would argue died with Tupac. However, the performance at Coachella 2012 is not merely an extension of […]

The parents of six year-old kindergartener Salecia Johnson are outraged that their daughter was handcuffed by police for throwing a tantrum at school. Is it ever appropriate to handcuff a six year-old? Won’t this scar Salecia for life?

Recently I sat down with the ACLU Pennsylvania Legal Director, Vic Walczak, who has a long history  litigating cases involving police misconduct with racial overtones. From the death of Johnny Gammage, to the recent beating of honor student Jordan Miles, Walczak has been at the forefront of fighting for justice in the court system. I […]