by Furious | Jun 17, 2014 | Culture
A quiet Sunday morning, June 1st in the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago, IL, men and women ran the streets. Not in the fashion you might expect in this Southside neighborhood. They ran for Peace. The brainchild of Christopher Posey, a Chicago native, Run For Peace...
by Reneegede | Jun 12, 2014 | Opinion
Don’t get me wrong, I admired and respected Maya Angelou deeply. Her history, her accomplishments and achievements, everything she did and stood for was cherished and appreciated by all. There is no comparison or competition, but if I had to say a woman really...
by Samayoch | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog, Culture, History
The truth is stranger then fiction. Maybe one reason why most of us only keep an illusion of truth as not to be jolted out of sleep. For those who linger in the shadows and feel too comfortable in their state of half-awareness, let me be your alarm. Here are a few...
by Samayoch | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog, Culture, History
When I was growing up, my knowledge of the world, history and it’s many Peoples was very rudimentary. My world-view was colored and formed by my Christian upbringing. Amongst which the Christian (white) tale of the Jews, the chosen people of the god who created...
by Reneegede | Jun 12, 2014 | Opinion
The God Genome, A Six-part Series An Urban Intellectuals Exclusive The God Genome is an exclusive six-part series that encompasses and digests the many broad threads and facets of Black history, geology, geography, science, genealogy, and scripture and brings them...
by LT Davison | Jun 12, 2014 | Culture
It’s been 14 years since the release of the song “Independent Women Pt. I” by Destiny’s Child from the Charlie’s Angels Soundtrack. To refresh our memories, the lyrics from the first stanza go a little something like this: “Question, Tell me what you think about me...
by Reneegede | Jun 12, 2014 | Opinion
Yes, “28 Years A Lie,” that was a play on words with the hit film “12 Years A Slave.” Now that I’ve got your attention, let’s focus for a moment on a recent news report about an M.I.T. Dean who managed to stay in her position for...
by Reneegede | Jun 11, 2014 | Opinion
Awhile back, there was an article on Blackbluedog.com about the public release of the Gay Bible, the Queen James version. Around that same time, more or less thereabouts, super-celeb Fantasia Barrino, a talent contest winner who went on to huge stardom, made a...
by Phyllis Banks Cook | Jun 10, 2014 | Blog, Culture
Did you know there has been a major increase in the number of hate groups since President Barak Obama has been elected? Let’s see how about 800% according to some groups that are recording this type of internal chaos. buy flagyl online...
by Randall Barnes | Jun 10, 2014 | A List Categories, Business, Culture
“When I’m in my artistic zone, I can’t hear or see anything except what I’m trying to put on the paper. It’s like I go in a trance!” -Aaliyah Anderson, from the forthcoming young adult novel “The Diary of Aaliyah Anderson” A couple of months back, I uploaded the most...
