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Following a series of proposed budget cuts, many fear that President Trump could be taking money away from Meals on Wheels, which helps bring food to senior citizens across the country, many of whom would not have quality food otherwise. To help keep this from happening, Colin Kaepernick donated $50,000 to the program, according to The […]

With a recent grocery store opening, Salvation Army is beginning a program to combat food deserts, communities without meaningful and close access to fresh produce and meats. Food deserts often have substantial poverty levels. The communities are often of-color and reflect larger national food security problems. As the Huffington Post reported, the Baltimore store, constructed on a […]

The starving collegian trope is often conjured to portray how intellectually curious, struggling young adults often do without materially. Depending on who tells the story, sustained hunger can seem like an academic rite of passage. However, the lived reality of students who experience the stresses of collegiate life and food insecurity can be more painful. […]

Given how expensive meal plans can be, many college students are forced to go with the bare minimum or forgo the use of one altogether. Which means that finding food can become a bit of a challenge. To help make this a bit easier, a college student at Alabama A&M University took some ambition, a […]

Hundreds of students at Kentucky State University in Frankfort said they were told to get their belongings and exit school property after abruptly being dropped from classes, dorm rooms and meal plans. The announcement came Wednesday evening in the form of an email notification. 

Editor’s Note: This month at BYP, we will be exploring Black Liberation & Organizing, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics. How do we hold politicians accountable to Black communities? Is that even possible? What should be our role in the electoral politics? What does abolition look like in practice? What […]

Editor’s Note: May is Mental Health Awareness Month and National Masturbation Month. This is also the month that we celebrate Mother’s Day. At BYP, we will be exploring these topics alongside the theme of Imagination and the Arts, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. by […]

Washington D.C. was full to the brim of people with conflicting opinions of Donald Trump. Plenty of his supporters were in town, even if there weren’t nearly as many as projected, and hundreds of thousands of protestors showed up the next day for the Women’s March. With all of these differing viewpoints focused in one place, […]

By: Associated Press The oldest millennials (AP) — nearing 20 when airplanes slammed into New York City’s Twin Towers – are old enough to remember the relative economic prosperity of the 1990s, and when a different Clinton was running for president. The nation’s youngest adults – now nearing 20 themselves – find it hard to […]

The following piece is from Vanity Fair. It was written by Beverly Johnson. By: Beverly Johnson Like most Americans, I spent the 60s, 70s, and part of the 80s in awe of Bill Cosby and his total domination of popular culture. He was the first African American to star in a dramatic television series, I Spy, […]

Just a few weeks ago, we reported that native Philadelphian Kevin Hart had donated 500 computers to the city’s schools. Now, another Philly-bred celebrity is giving back. Rapper Meek Mill will be giving away turkeys this week.

Last week, Atlanta-based fast food chain, Chick-fil-A opened its very first Chicago restaurant.  Although it does not counteract the negative effect of parking meters and winter, this culinary addition only helps the argument that Chicago is the greatest (American) city ever.  (New York, NOLA, I love you, but the City of Wind tops my list.)  I’ve not […]