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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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” 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 […]

The unexamined life is not worth living. These are the words of Socrates at his trial for heresy, and after one of the most interactive summers I have ever experienced, I now want to take a moment to both reflect, but also interrogate the concept of privileged reflection. A year ago I wrote, and I […]

By the time I was old enough to learn to type or make any use of the internet, it was on its way into people’s homes and everyday lives. Despite that, it has evolved enough to not only transform news media, but create mediums and ways of spreading information which would have been inconceivable ten […]

Just a few thoughts on 9/11 I wanted to share which I thought were more appropriate a day after. As the above graphic clearly shows, 9/11 went from the supposed pursuit of one man to endless wars that have killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people. In Afghanistan where 9/11 was used as the primary […]

  UPDATE: Troy Davis is scheduled to be murdered TOMORROW! This is a travesty of justice. Check out Jasiri X’s latest blog post here. It includes information on how you can help place pressure on the state of Georgia to halt Davis’ execution. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Despite persistent doubts regarding his guilt, and calls for a retrial […]

Sept 5th – 11th   City’s youth need outlets and discipline Dominique Johnson, The Temple News, 9/5/11   Curfew and Gang Injunctions in Oakland Won’t Stop the Violence
; Resources for Community D Staff Writer, Indy Bay, 9/5/11   Congressional Black Caucus declares war on White America Dave Weinbaum, 9/6/11, Rolla Daily News   Why Don’t […]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG_Gvd4PFFo&feature=related As a follow-up to The Viral Video, EBT: We Have Failed You Chapter…An Open Letter, I want to talk about a comment that I received frequently about Chapter’s character in the EBT video. Many people have emailed me saying that they agree with my blog, but that they also know black women who do […]

  Does anyone else find it so cool that Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa show love to each other on their songs? Every now and then, you can hear a Taylor [m/] joint beginning with “shout out to my brotha Spitta”; or, on the low, you can catch Spitta quoting Wiz like, “we aint trippin’ cuz […]