by Freddie Ra | Dec 11, 2015 | News
By Jared Anderson, Urban News Service – A black entrepreneur’s power move on the energy sector could create hundreds of jobs in one of the the poorest communities in Texas. Houston-based businessman Phillip Franshaw is building Annova LNG, a multi-billion-dollar...
by Freddie Ra | Dec 9, 2015 | Blog
Life insurance is often directed at young couples and people with kids. Single people believe that life insurance isn’t for them and they can’t gain any benefits from it. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Single people are actually in a position where they can...
by Freddie Ra | Dec 8, 2015 | News
The calls of many in the community and in the political space for the Department of Justice to look into the history, actions and procedures of the Chicago police department have been answered, finally. Attorney General of the United States, Loretta Lynch announced...
by Freddie Ra | Dec 8, 2015 | Celebrities
When it comes to the holidays, birthdays, any day, Daddy’s have all the love in their hearts for their daughters. However, when it comes to handing out gifts for these special little one’s in our lives, not many go to this extreme, but i’m positive many of us would...
by Freddie Ra | Dec 7, 2015 | News
It could be because of mounting pressure from advocates of racial justice and diversity or good conscious, but the technology giant known as Google has stepped up to the plate to help do their part. The search king decided to open their profitable coffers and to...
by Freddie Ra | Dec 7, 2015 | Celebrities
“I’m embarrassed that I didn’t come across the information in this book sooner. But that’s white privilege for ya,’ is one of the lines from the Facebook revelation everyone is talking about this week. Hopefully, you have read Michelle...
by Freddie Ra | Dec 4, 2015 | UITV
Malcolm X was and will always be one of my heroes. I honor people willing to speak truth to power and have the courage of their convictions, but there is more to my admiration of this man. His economic views were and still are spot on with what the black community...
by Freddie Ra | Dec 4, 2015 | News
What motivates a person to take on a challenge like this of creating the next generation of black women coders and technology experts? Motherhood, that’s more than enough. Kimberly Bryant is the founder of Black Girls CODE, the premier nonprofit organization focused...
by Freddie Ra | Dec 4, 2015 | Blog
The black community around the country has been saying since I can remember the police department has been planting drugs on the men and women of our community. In fact, this was so popular, it was/is a running joke with comedians in the community. Dave Chappelle had...
by Freddie Ra | Dec 2, 2015 | Blog
Being black in a America and dealing with police officers and the judicial system is like living in a real life “Ground Hog’s Day”, same day, same sh*t. It seems every time they open their mouth in Chicago about policing they are lying. Thanks to NBC5, we have learned...
