A group of students at Scripps Ranch High School in San Diego have been suspended, banned from prom, and will not walk at graduation after participating in a twerk video that found its way onto the internet.
Forty years ago today, the murder of a NJ State Trooper led to the imprisonment and conviction of Assata Shakur. To commemorate this “anniversary,” the FBI will announce today that Assata Shakur has been added to the Most Wanted Terrorist List; and doubled the reward for her capture.
It is my earnest hope that our black leaders would pause in their pursuit of personal ambition and legacy to stop and look into the eyes of the child of potential that stands before them. A child that – regardless of circumstance and waywardness – can become an agent of change that can dramatically impact the world in which we live.
Scientists in Denmark believe that they are extremely close to curing HIV, and that said cure would be affordable.
Rhymes and Reasons interviews poet Shannon Matesky about the Hip Hop songs that changed her life: TLC’s “What About Your Friends,” Lauryn Hill’s “Everything is Everything,” and Eve’s “Love Is Blind.”
In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, NBA center Jason Collins says a huge weight has been lifted since coming out: “”I know that I, right now, am the happiest that I’ve ever been in my life”
Washington Wizards Center Jason Collins has become to first openly gay player in a major American team sport: “”I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.” Kudos to Jason Collins for taking such an important step forward; both for himself and for so many others.
When I was a little kid everyone would tell me “you are called” or “you have a calling on your life” (mostly older church folks who were overly excited to see an articulate church going black boy). Essentially what they meant was that I would be one of the next “leaders in the black community.” […]
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.
The League of Young Voters have launched a campaign soliciting your videos, photos, and writings to pay tribute to all those we’ve lost to gun violence, and to inspire this generation to break the cycle of violence and put the guns down.
According to a recent article in the Economist, almost 300 million youth around the world between the ages of 15-24 are not working.
The Northern California Council of Black Professional Engineers recently gave black students the opportunity to talk with black scientists and engineers. They explored career interests, toured a college campus, and met with black scientists and engineers seeking to inspire students to enter those fields.
