by Furious | Aug 1, 2013 | Blog
UI Experience is a panel styled podcast produced by Urban Intellectuals. The discussion is meant to move the African Diaspora’s discourse in a positive, self healing direction. The panel guest are members of the Urban Intellectual community. UI is dedicated to...
by Furious | Jul 23, 2013 | News
Cornel West has joined his radio cohost Tavis Smiley in blasting the POTUS in the wake of his Trayvon Martin speech last Friday. Speaking with Democracy Now, West called President Obama “a global George Zimmerman” for his use of deadly drone attacks overseas. From the...
by Furious | Jul 18, 2013 | Blog
Taking away mandatory education in urban communities would put our children at a serious disadvantage. Parents if you don’t wake up and start paying attention to your child’s schooling and the laws politicians are trying to implement within your districts...
by Furious | Jul 16, 2013 | News
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder called the death of Trayvon Martin “unnecessary” Monday and vowed to proceed with a civil rights inquiry after the acquittal of George Zimmerman on murder and manslaughter charges. In his first public comments...
by Furious | Jun 25, 2013 | News
Unless you have been under a rock for the last few days, you have heard the AMA, the American Medical Association, declared obesity to be a disease. I cannot believe this is real. How in the world is a lifetime of poor decisions dismissed as a disease? People are...
by Furious | Jun 21, 2013 | Blog
A secret audio recording of a stop-and-frisk in action sheds unprecedented light on a practice that has put the city’s young people of color in the NYPD’s crosshairs. More about the Stop and Frisk program The New York City stop-question-and-frisk...
by Furious | Jun 21, 2013 | News
The Horizon Science Academy in Ohio is facing heat from the natural hair community after a copy of a letter to parents that included a ban on afro puffs and ‘small twisted braids’ was posted online. The letter details changes to the dress code for the upcoming school...
by Furious | Jun 15, 2013 | News
The Root – Edith Jones, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in Texas, is the target of an ethics complaint by civil rights groups who claim that she said in a speech at the University of Pennsylvania Law School that “racial groups like...
by Furious | Jun 12, 2013 | News
The violence in Chicago has gotten out of control, and some people are getting tired of it. Mayor Rahm Emanuel has lost favor on the south side of the city primarily because he has either been unable or unwilling to do what is necessary to fix the epidemic of...
by Furious | Jun 12, 2013 | Celebrities, History, News
WASHINGTON—Oprah Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on Washington’s National Mall that will document African-American history, officials said Tuesday. The media mogul and former talk-show host previously gave $1 million to the National Museum...
