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“I can help you with the brand new technology / You can help me with the age-old philosophy.” –Better People, India Arie It repeatedly comes to my attention that many adults of our society suffer from an ironic form of cognitive dissonance when it comes to their politics on aiding youth. Many hasten to advocate […]

The man who accused Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash of statutory rape has recanted his story. Clash maintained his innocence throughout this ordeal. Sadly, the damage has already been done to Kevin Clash’s good name and reputation. Hopefully he’ll be able to recover and return to doing what he loves.

Charter Schools are currently the most rapidly growing sector of public education in America. But critics argue that they’ve moved away from their initial mission, are difficult to track, and do not outperform traditional public schools. Is the unchecked growth of charter schools a good thing?

In the wake of Barack Obama’s reelection, an incredible amount of petitions from a variety of states calling for secession have flooded the internet; and their getting more and more signatures every hour. Will anything come of these petitions? What does this say about the state of our union?

Remember a few months back when Lupe Fiasco dropped “Bitch Bad” and magazine and scholars came out of the woodwork to diss Lupe for “mansplaining”? Spin Magazine took it the farthest calling it “reckless social commentary” and asking, “why must we continually endure Lupe Fiasco’s half-baked conscious hip-pop?” A few weeks later 2 Chainz and Kanye dropped the video for “Birthday […]

Embattled US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is rumored to be eyeing a plea deal with the Feds that includes resignation from Congress and jail time. All of this has come to light AFTER he was re-elected last week. Should Jackson have informed the public of this prior to the election?

Perhaps nothing helps a post-election hangover better than lapping up all of the tea being spilled from the losing side. News of the fallout from the Romney campaign continues. Although there’s no word about how Romney staff members whose credit cards were canceled got home Tuesday night, there is news about their boss’ response to […]

So this past week we all voted and made the decision to re-elect Barack Obama. (Woot-Woot!) However, now that he is re-elected I am lead to think about two things. The first: how will those of us who care about the issues of the poor put pressure on the president to make it a priority […]

California voters approved a ballot measure that would amend the state’s highly controversial Three Strikes law, requiring that the third offense be of a serious and/or violent nature.

With all the election day hooplah, many of us might lose sight of our long term struggle and obligation to the community. What happens on November 7th? ACTION, that’s what.

Every week, the Black Youth Project collects the top news stories about black youth from across the country. Check back every Monday for a new roundup of headlines about young black America.

For weeks I’ve gone back and forth about whether or not to say what I’m about to. There are several reasons for this. First, I didn’t want to be repetitive, and what I’m going to say is in some ways an updated version of a couple of blogs I wrote on my old personal site […]