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 A Texas father shot and killed a 17-year-old boy after finding him in his daughter’s bedroom Thursday morning. Johran McCormick died after sustaining wounds at a residence inside a Spring-area home on Bridgestone Lakes subdivision off FM 2920. 

A 9-year-old boy who spent a day as Detroit’s honorary police chief last month has died. Jayvon Felton passed away Monday at Children’s Hospital in Detroit due to complications from cancer. 

Erasto Brown speaking at 1Hood Media Academy event, “Under Attack: How the Media Misrepresents People of Color”  httpv://youtu.be/mmQIXI3PtAw The Black community mourned yesterday as we remembered what would have been the 19th birthday of Trayvon Martin. It seemed even more painful with the news of his murderer being involved in a ridiculous boxing match for […]

Former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent was convicted of intoxication manslaughter for a car wreck that killed his close friend and teammate Jerry Brown. The December 2012 car accident occurred after a night of partying with fellow Cowboys players. 

  A Canadian teenager has been found guilty of distributing child pornography. The 16-year-old girl, who is  not identified because she is a minor, “sexted” pictures of her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend to peers. The teen was also convicted of verbally threatening the girl.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZxhaPDS66s “My Neighbourhood” is one of the powerful documentaries I have ever seen. Produced by Just Vision, “My Neighborhood” tells the story of Mohammed El Kurd is a Palestinian boy growing up in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in the heart of East Jerusalem. When Mohammed turns 11, his family is forced to give up part […]

A Chicago police detective who fatally shot  a 22-year-old woman in 2012 faces criminal charges. Dectective Dante Servin was off-duty when Rekia Boyd was killed.

Like any average 13-year-olds, Khalid Caraballo, Aidan Clark and two other boys like to play with toy guns. Now their actions have led to an extended suspension from school. A neighbor, whose son was also playing with the three teens, didn’t like the way Khalid was pointing the gun at his peers.

She called 911, and police came to the scene. While the three boys, minus the 911 caller’s son were not charged by police, they have been suspended from school until June.

A study on the experiences of black students in suburban schools has found that black boys have an easier time fitting in than black girls. Black boys can use racial performance to seem tough, cool and athletic. Black girls are often viewed as ghetto and aggressive.

I am no stranger to the ways in which even young children already become socialized into society’s boxes. But my recent experiences working in a kindergarten classroom have me directly shouldering the burden of interrupting the ideological constraints that this world traps children within. Currently in the midst of my student teaching, working with five […]

With its theatrical release set for next month, American Promise aims to shed some light into the life of a young black man in America. The documentary focuses on two middle class black families as they raise their sons. It’s goal is to empower boys, their parents and educators and help close the black male achievement gap.

Supermodel Iman has called for a boycott of fashion labels that don’t use black models: “”It feels to me like the times need a real hard line drawn like in the Sixties, by saying if you don’t use black models, then we boycott”