by Reneegede | Feb 28, 2015 | Opinion
Today marks the end of Black History Month 2015 and the beginning of Black History Year 2015. Anything worth one month has to be worth the entire year, including the celebration of parents, grandparents, and anything else we consider worthwhile. Attorney General Eric...
by Freddie Ra | Feb 25, 2015 | Culture, News
Not many in the black community lay down the truth like Dr. Umar Johnson has done over the years. Nevertheless, everyone doesn’t love everything that comes out of his mouth. Specifically, many in the feminist and LGBT community find his speech offensive and...
by Reneegede | Feb 25, 2015 | Opinion
July 2012 – …George Zimmerman has no regrets from the night he killed unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, the Florida resident told Fox News’s Sean Hannity Wednesday. “I feel that it was all God’s plan,” Zimmerman said....
by Freddie Ra | Feb 25, 2015 | News
Rudy Giuliani met the verbal wrath of Minister Louis Farrakhan recently. Giuliani remarked that President Obama doesn’t love America because he didn’t grow up like he did. These remarks didn’t sit well with many in the black community and Farrakhan...
by Reneegede | Feb 25, 2015 | Opinion
Stockholm syndrome is a phrase that was coined at the end of a six-day hostage situation in which a bank was seized and its workers were held captive. Ultimately, the kidnapped hostages end up empathizing with their captors, some to the point of becoming sympathetic...
by Chum Sejimon | Feb 24, 2015 | Blog, Celebrities, News
On Sunday’s 87th Academy Award celebration, Patricia Arquette took the stage upon winning Best Supporting Actress for the groundbreaking film Boyhood. The speech that followed beckoned to some 45 million viewers and over 6,000 academy members in an effort to...
by Freddie Ra | Feb 23, 2015 | Politics News
Say what you want about second term President of the United States Barrack Obama, but you must admit he is rather candid when compared to his first term self. The President offended more people with his frank discussion of America during his weekly radio address. In...
by Freddie Ra | Feb 20, 2015 | Celebrities, News
You can say what you want about Marshawn Lynch, he loves the city and people of Oakland. There is no doubt about it as he represents Oakland on a national level, his words, every chance he gets. Although you might not hear Lynch say much to the corporate owned media,...
by Freddie Ra | Feb 20, 2015 | Culture, History
Stokely Carmichael is an extraordinary figure in the Black Power movement and black history in general. He seems to fly under the radar during discussions around black consciousnesses and what we should do as a people moving forward. Lost between Dr. King, Malcolm X,...
by Freddie Ra | Feb 20, 2015 | Blog, News
Not long after delivering a Black Lives Matter speech in Seattle, Jesse Hagopain was pepper sprayed by a police officer for no reason. We understand there is a segment of the population that believes a police officer would never do such a thing, but the rest of us...
