by Koba | Jun 23, 2015 | Culture
Last week Black America suffered yet another massacre, this time in a place of worship. Dylann Roof’s vicious slaying of nine people as they peacefully gathered wasn’t unthinkable. There have been over a dozen attacks on black churches in the last 25 years alone. Just...
by Koba | Jun 22, 2015 | Culture
By now most people know about the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, but what many don’t know is that this was just one in a long line of experiments conducted on African-Americans. The experiments actually began during slavery, when African-Americans were treated no...
by Koba | Jun 22, 2015 | Culture
Snoop Dogg — or Snoop Lion, if you prefer — apparently has his head in the clouds, with reports saying he’s invested in the “Uber for pot” known asEaze. Eaze, a smartphone app, allows users to order medicinal or recreational marijuana — depending on what is legal in...
by Koba | Jun 22, 2015 | Culture
There are tons of ways to make money online these days but turning a profit that actually supports all life’s expense is a difficult return to generate unless you’re meme master Tanisha Robinson. CNN Money reports, Robinson’s firm Print Syndicate, based in Columbus,...
by Koba | Jun 22, 2015 | Culture
Messy Jesse always find a way to keep himself relevant in the news. He was Dr. King’s head of security before he was caught on tape saying he wanted to chop off President hopeful Barack Obama nuts back in 2008. Next, his son was caught using $750,000 dollars of...
by Koba | Jun 22, 2015 | Blog
There is no question that the black community is one of the biggest spending community in the United States. With over a trillion dollars being spent each year, how do we leverage this spending power? So many people come in our neighborhoods, take our money, and do...
by Koba | Jun 22, 2015 | Culture
The road leading to the women’s prison in this rural town is lined with crops as far as the eye can see. And by 6 a.m., 21-year-old Olivia Moody is out with the “field squad,” picking okra, squash and beans under the Southern sun, the way her...
by Koba | Jun 22, 2015 | Culture
D’Angelo doesn’t mince words when describing how he feels about today’s music. “Ain’t nobody talkin’ bout nothing,” the singer says in a new New York Times video interview. “The music that’s coming out now…everybody’s talking about how many drugs you sold, how...
by Koba | Jun 18, 2015 | Blog
With the phenomenon of black women wanted to embrace their natural hair, it appears that black women are becoming more comfortable in their skin. That is something to be proud of. However, some black women may be taking this sh*t too far. Leaving hair under your...
by Koba | Jun 18, 2015 | Blog
We see it everyday in entertainment. They wear the latest and greatest fashion (which is usually the most expensive stuff on earth). However, these same entertainers are the people that our children want to emulate. Are children become adults that want to emulate them...
