Fast food workers across New York City are on strike, demanding better pay, the right to unionize, and an end to abusive labor practices.
By now most people have heard Jay Z’s controversial response to legendary activist/artist Harry Belafonte’s critique of his lack of social activism. But just in case you haven’t, it went like this: āYeah Iām offended by that because first of allā¦this is going to sound arrogantā¦but my presence is charity, just because of who I […]
āAnger is a grief of distortions between peers, and its object is changeā¦I cannot hide my anger to spare your guilt, nor hurt feelings, nor answering anger; for to do so insults and trivializes all our efforts. Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to oneās own action or lack of […]
A petition has been launched demanding that George Zimmerman’s concealed carry permit be revoked. So far it has over 12,000 signatures.
15-year old Temar Boggs is being hailed as a hero after helping to rescue an abducted 5-year old girl. After joining a search party for the child, Boggs started following a suspicious car on his bike. Realizing he was being tailed, the kidnapper let the missing girl out of the car and drove off.
Fruitvale Station – in theaters July 12 – is undoubtedly among the most-talked about films of the summer. Directed by Rynan Coogler, Fruitvale Station tells the tragic story of Oscar Grant, who was shot and killed by a BART police officer in Oakland, CA. His death was wisely scene as a result of police brutality […]
Yesterday a mistrial was declared in the trial of Joseph Weekley, who is accused of fatally shooting 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones during a police raid that was being filmed for a reality show.
After losing their mother to cancer, Makia Underwood, 32, Zakia Clark, 29, and Tasha Clark, 27 began wearing shirts and hats with “F— Cancer” emblazoned on the front. A security guard at a Philly mall took issue w/ the language, and kicked them out.
It was the wise Martin Luther King Jr. that stated, āinjustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.ā Though explicitly referring to the active disenfranchisement of Black people in the 60ās, this powerful quote provides much truth in the context of urban violence. As a nation, our discourse on urban violence has been exceptionally […]
Tyler, the Creator has issued a response to all of the criticism around his recent Mountain Dew ad; and speaks directly to Dr. Boyce Watkins, one of the commercials most vocal critics.
According to NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, anyone who has criticized the city’s “Stop and Frisk” program is encouraging a “lawless mayhem state.”
The LAPD has reached a $4.2 million settlement with the two women its officers shot at during the search for Christopher Dorner earlier this year.
