by Reneegede | Oct 16, 2014 | Opinion
UI Meme of the Day, a daily series… Black women – always the womb, the wet nurse, the “belly” as Dr. Ameena Ali of the Bellies of Grracee (“grace”) Foundation would put it – of the world. We know that every time a child wants to go...
by Ghostndamachine | Oct 16, 2014 | Culture, News
Coming up at the top of the hour: Topic #1: The trials of tribulations of Jameis Winston Topic #2: Should some HCBUs be closed in order to improve others. Topic #3: Free for all. Come join the discussion!!! www.freeconferencecall.com/wall/ui...
by Reneegede | Oct 16, 2014 | Opinion
The Group of 20 (G20) Summit was developed in order to sustain a dying economic Asian world. The G20 is made up of 19 countries plus the European Union. The “member” countries are as follows — (a-keep in mind that nations in the African Union are...
by Reneegede | Oct 15, 2014 | Opinion
Part 2 of a 5-part series… [Click Here for PART 1] Obama speech to The National Economic Council, March 2009 I want to talk this morning about our understanding of the roots of our current economic crisis, the rationale for the administration’s recovery...
by Furious | Oct 15, 2014 | News
Final numbers are not in yet, but it looks like upwards of 5,000 people came together in downtown St. Louis in support of “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot!” Coalition and campaign. This rally was sponsored by the AFL-CIO and had the participation of of around one...
by Reneegede | Oct 15, 2014 | Opinion
UI Meme of the Day, a daily series… It took a Black man getting elected President to wake Black people across the nation up from that deep long slumber that was going on between 1970 and 2008. It also took that same Black man getting elected President to alert white...
by Reneegede | Oct 14, 2014 | Opinion
UI Meme of the Day, a daily series… America’s post-Antebellum bloodstains won’t be washed out by a few cheaply laid out trinket government programs and some hat-in-hand backstroking social assimilation statuses. That has never worked out for us, and it...
by Reneegede | Oct 14, 2014 | Opinion
Part 1 of a 5-part Series… Yes, WE can. Y’all remember that, right? Bet you’re probably wondering who “we” is now, right? When the Black folks down south and in spots around the nation pulled up on the electoral train’s Caboose...
by Reneegede | Oct 14, 2014 | Opinion
This is the entirety of First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech in support of Bruce Braley in the State of Iowa. No, she wasn’t thoroughly classless like Mitt Romney’s Iowa faux pas. Didn’t even mention once the fact that his grandfather was born in...
by Keith Green II | Oct 13, 2014 | Blog, Business, Culture, History
I was convicted in my soul to write this article. Let’s first understand where it was began. African Americans have a history in both major political parties of the United States. After the Civil War almost all Blacks considered them-selves Republicans. It was...