by Patrick Irvine | Sep 12, 2013 | Culture
So after sitting through Django, a movie that I admittedly went into with the wrong mindset (I was expecting something more historical considering all the people that I have heard from that said they learned something). I realized something, not only was this country...
by Furious | Sep 11, 2013 | News
In news rocking the UI world these days, the Medical Examiner during the Trayvon Martin case is breaking some serious news. He is reporting he had scientific proof Zimmerman was the aggressor, as many suspect anyway. However, he was not given the chance to say this...
by Spirit of Thoth | Sep 11, 2013 | Culture
Hello again UI. I have been recently troubled by the lack of personal responsibility that our people have been showing in America. I take a look at all the complaints of racism and oppression, and wonder why has this become our life. People always seem to complain...
by Te-Erika Patterson | Sep 11, 2013 | History, Positivity
It came as no surprise when the International Business Times reported that Toronto film goers walked out of the movie premiere for 12 Years A Slave. The IBT cited scenes of slaves being beaten, tortured and killed as the main fare of the movie. Toronto movie studio...
by Furious | Sep 10, 2013 | News
CBS News – Syria on Monday quickly welcomed a call from Russia, its close ally, to place Syrian chemical arsenals under international control, then destroy them to avert a U.S. strike, but did not offer a time frame or any other specifics. The statement by...
by Furious | Sep 10, 2013 | News
(CNN) — Its name was an early clue that the venture was a badly executed idea. A website named GhettoTracker.com launched earlier this week that invited locals to rate neighborhoods in their cities and identify which areas were unsafe, or as the homepage put it,...
by Furious | Sep 9, 2013 | News
Nanoparticles carrying a toxin found in bee venom can destroy human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while leaving the surrounding cells unharmed. The research was conducted by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The Nanoparticles carry melittin,...
by Furious | Sep 9, 2013 | News
UPDATE: He allegedly pulled a knife and a gun on his wife — who filed for divorce last week — and punched her father in the nose. In the 911 call, Shellie Zimmerman says George was threatening to shoot them. No injuries have been reported, and it’s unclear whether...
by Furious | Sep 9, 2013 | News
NewsOne – After being profiled and followed into a Detroit restaurant by a pair of cops back in May, two brothers who were initially charged with assaulting the officers had those charges dropped after surveillance video revealed a different story. Tywonn...
by Furious | Sep 9, 2013 | News
The New Civil Rights Movement – A nursing student working few days a week in a Nashville, Tennessee Red Lobster says she was surprised when a couple in their 20′s wrote in the tip section of their receipt, “none n*gger.” 19-year old Toni Christina Jenkins posted...