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Texas Voter ID Bill SB 14 Will Disenfranchise Student Voters
The League of Young Voters Needs Your Help! We’ve already told you about the GOP’s War On Voting. Case in point: SB 14, the Texas Voter ID Bill. The bill will disenfranchise student voters by disallowing the use of school IDs and “making it impossible for out-of-state students to register in time for the 2012 primary […]
"It's a New Day but the Same Old Lynchings"
Despite almost a million signatures being collected on petitions to halt the execution of Troy Davis, it’s still scheduled to take place on September 21. We made the above video to encourage as many people as we could to get involved. If you need anymore convincing, please read Brenton Mock’s excellent article on Loop 21 […]
BYP MORNING NEWSFLASH: Mayweather's The New Kanye, Sweatshops In The Hood, and The REAL Rick Ross Doesn't Like The Fake One
BYP Morning NewsFlash September 19, 2011 Everyone is still talking about that insanely bizarre Mayweather-Ortiz fight. AllHipHop.com thinks you need to stop hatin’ on Mayweather and recognize his talent as a boxer. I’ll let you make that call. But they do have a point; regardless of what everyone might think, Mayweather did nothing illegal. And […]
Weekly News Round-Up: Sept 12th-18th
Sept 12th-18th Study finds more Latinos enrolling at colleges Brandon Hensley, Daily Sudial, 8/11/11 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Rankings Robert Morse, US News, 9/12/11 The Lion King’s Robert Guillaume Offers Sage Advice to Black Youth Staff Writer, Rolling Out, 9/12/11 Nearly half of African-American youth report pressure to have sex […]
Powerful "I Will" Music Video Confronts HIV Stigma
Our community has a crisis on its hands. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, rates of HIV infections amongst gay and bisexual African American men rose 48% between 2006-2009. And nobody seems to know why. According to the CDC, potential reasons for the continued increase in HIV infections amongst black gay and […]
MUSICNEWS: Ice-T Doesn't Like Hip-POP, Record Execs Trafficking COCAINE, and Rihanna's New Album
MUSICNEWS: Ice-T Doesn’t Like Hip-POP, Record Execs Trafficking COCAINE, and Rihanna’s New Album Coming Soon…
BYP MORNING NEWSFLASH: Tavis Smiley Brings Obama Critiques To Fox News, Kanye's Woman's Fashion Line Premiere In Paris, Olive Garden Has The First Lady's Back and MORE!
BYP MORNING NEWSFLASH September 16, 2011 Michelle Obama’s campaign to eradicate childhood obesity hit a major milestone yesterday. Darden Restaurants, Inc—which oversees Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, Longhorn Steaks, and others –has announced major changes to all of their menus. These include a reduction in calories and sodium on all meals, making a fruit or vegetable […]
Brand New Web Episode of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRSx_24eGOE&feature=player_embedded I have written previously on how much I love the web series, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl. The show is original and features a young black woman who navigates her way through seen and unseen awkward situations on her job and in her relationships. Well, I am happy to report that the show is […]
THAWRA MUSIC: Hip Hop & The Arab Spring
Behold, the power of Hip Hop. MSNBC’s report regarding Hip Hop’s influence on the Arab Spring is mindblowing. It proves that the very idea of Hip Hop as an artform crosses all ethnic, religious, economic and geographical boundaries. Hip Hop is about speaking truth to power and holding it accountable. Hip Hop is about relaying your […]
BYP MORNING NEWSFLASH: The Makers Of BLAST Think Your Racist, More Support For Troy Davis, J Cole's Disappointing New Single, and MORE!
BYP Morning NewsFlash September 15, 2011 Have you ever tried a Blast? It’s kind of like drinking a 24 oz. of beer, except it comes in all kinds of fun flavors, has 12 percent alcohol content, and its containers have a cartoonish, “Hip Hop”-inspired design. Oh, and Snoop Dogg is their add spokesman. Understandably, watchdog […]
BYP AFTERNOON ROUND-UP: Toure's "The Most Racist Thing That Ever Happened To Me", Weezy Thinks The Tea Party Hates Black People, Nas' B-Day and MORE
Afternoon News Round-UP September 14, 2011 Toure’s latest book “Who’s Afraid Of Post-Blackness?” is starting a helluva lot of controversy, and I can’t wait to read it. The first chapter is called “The Most Racist Thing That Ever Happened To Me,” and it’s available at TheAltantic.com right now. Do yourself a favor and check it […]
Ari Berman's "The GOP's War on Voting"
Ari Berman’s “The GOP’s War on Voting” American politics has never been messier. With Fox News, CNN and MSNBC relentlessly competing for our ears, the result is a cacophony of competing ideas. To be sure, our current political climate is a stormy, confusing one; with an endless array of twists, turns and doublespeak that make […]