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Last week, writer Kiese Laymon published an essay, “You Are the Second Person,” chronicling his experience getting his novel, Long Division (which hit shelves earlier this month), published. Laymon’s thought-provoking, powerful, and inspiring work centered on exchanges between him and his former editor. Laymon’s former editor, described in the piece as a 54-year-old black man, […]

Out WNBA player Brittney Griner spoke at the GLAAD awards this past week, encouraging young people to be proud of who they are: “Come out, don’t hide it. Don’t try to be like anybody else. Be who you are. Be comfortable in your own skin.”

I fear I’m simply going to repeat here what someone else has already said. But sometimes you have to say it, anyway. Last week, the FBI placed Assata Shakur on its most wanted terrorist list. She’s the first woman to be added to the document, but this clearly isn’t some sort of advancement for women, […]

A Detroit party store is under fire after racist images mocking its black customers were posted on instagram. After an investigation, it was discovered that the images were uploaded by the store owner’s son. Despicable.

Lauryn Hill was set to be sentenced today for tax evasion, But Ms. Hill caught a break. The judge has postponed sentencing, and given her two weeks to come up with $504,000 in back taxes.

Two African students- Gérard Niyondiko and Moctar Dembélé – have been awarded $25,000 for inventing a soap that repels mosquitoes. The soap is intended to stop the spread of malaria, which is among the leading causes of death in Central Africa.

Middle school student Mercedes Austin recently penned a passionate editorial on the gun violence crisis in her hometown of Chicago: “Here in the Englewood area, it feels like we’re in a WORLD WAR.”

Washington Post columnist Rahiel Tesfamariam’s latest column examines Chicago’s gun violence crisis, and the need for President Obama to take a more active role in addressing that crisis. We agree; sign our petition at http://Change.org/BarackComeHome

This morning, Barack Obama, the first African-American President of the United States, will take the oath of office and begin his second term. Although black folks are crunk, the event does not seem as grand as the first time. Four years ago I, having managed to cop two of second most important documents in black […]

“Who will cry for the little boy, the boy inside a man / Who will cry for the little boy, who knew well, hurt and pain / Who will cry for the little boy, who died and died again / Who will cry for the little boy, a good boy he tried to be / […]

At just 18 years-old, Polite Stewart has already earned a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Southern University. Congrats to this talented young man! He’s just getting started!

Throughout the discourse in the social meaning, experience and consequence of race, we come to understand that everyone sees race through a social lens or paradigm. Generally the lens that one chooses will serve as a function that works toward the social and economic advantage of that individual. However, what one must not forget is […]