by Freddie Ra | Feb 2, 2015 | Celebrities
Bobbi Kristina is the daughter of music legends Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. Unfortunately, this weekend the 21 year old was found unresponsive, face down in her bath tub. Saturday morning, Bobbi Kristina was discovered in the bath tub after a suspected drug...
by Freddie Ra | Feb 2, 2015 | News
Many black men in America will tell you the child support courts in this country are out of control. Nothing validates this claim more so than the story of Carnell Alexander. Alexander is facing jail time for not paying back child support in the amount of $30,000....
by Shavez Rosenthal | Feb 1, 2015 | Culture
I am currently en route to obtaining a career in law. Not just any career. I plan on becoming a criminal defense attorney. Whenever I tell people this, they always ask the question: How can you defend someone that you know is guilty? This is an experience that most...
by Adetokunbo Fatoke, Ed.D. | Feb 1, 2015 | Culture, Positivity
There are times when reading prompts action – this in one of those times. Following the reading of the article, “Marshawn Lynch Is Not A Black Media Hero,” I felt obligated to respond. First, the goal of this piece is not to debate and deconstruct the author’s...
by Freddie Ra | Feb 1, 2015 | Celebrities, News
Marshawn Lynch is being attacked on social media for his refusal to play “nice” with reporters and the media. Reaction to the star running back for the Seattle Seahawks hatred for the media ranges from massive support, disappointment, to down right bigoted...
by Freddie Ra | Jan 30, 2015 | Culture
You ever been in Walmart or Target and see some young person sagging while working and thought…really?? at work, you can do better than that… That’s what Marshawn Lynch is doing with his media time. This is going to get me in trouble with a lot of...
by Reneegede | Jan 28, 2015 | Opinion
“New York Times columnist Charles Blow, one of the country’s leading speakers and writers on race and American identity, said on Twitter Saturday afternoon that his son, Tahj Blow ’16, had been held at gunpoint by Yale Police officers.” Blow...
by Freddie Ra | Jan 28, 2015 | Celebrities, News
You might call Kanye West many things, but boring, run of the mill, quiet and non-controversial wouldn’t be included. West pulls another “Shock and Awe” stunt to garner some attention for a new clothing line by approving the name. According to The...
by Reneegede | Jan 27, 2015 | Opinion
In the words of Iowa’s Joni Kay Ernst: “As a young girl, I plowed the fields of our family farm. I worked construction with my dad. To save for college, I worked the morning biscuit line at Hardees. We were raised to live simply, not to waste. It was a...
by Reneegede | Jan 27, 2015 | Opinion
We know that Black women have had historically worse outcomes in nearly all levels of health disparities in society. Be it congestive heart failure, kidney disease, diabetes, sickle cell anemia, lupus, AIDS, what-have-you, and nearly every form of cancer you can name,...
