by M Jamaar Davis | Jul 2, 2013 | Blog
Last week, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4, that key parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 must me changed. The court decided that Congress has not taken into account the current racial enviornment, and therefore, the formula that was used to determine which states must...
by jerryl | Jul 2, 2013 | Blog, History
Uncle Tom History has not been kind to Uncle Tom, the hero of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and one of the most popular figures of nineteenth-century American fiction. After its initial burst of sensational popularity and influence, Uncle Tom’s Cabin fell into neglect. Its...
by Halima Ahmed | Jul 2, 2013 | Blog
My hijab, to some non-Muslims, symbolizes oppression and lack of women’s voice and agency in the Islamic faith. These individuals feel it is incumbent upon them to free me, and all Muslim women who adorn the hijab, from this perceived oppression. We live in a culture...
by Claytron Brown | Jul 1, 2013 | Blog
Patriotism as defined by the dictionary simply is “devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country; national loyalty.” This definition, I argue is inadequate and needs to be expanded. For Black people, as well as other historically oppressed...
by Furious | Jun 21, 2013 | Blog
A secret audio recording of a stop-and-frisk in action sheds unprecedented light on a practice that has put the city’s young people of color in the NYPD’s crosshairs. More about the Stop and Frisk program The New York City stop-question-and-frisk...
by Furious | May 28, 2013 | Blog
ENCA – Addis Ababa – Brazil has announced its plans to cancel $900 million (R9 billion) worth of debt in 12 African countries, as part of a broader strategy to boost ties with the continent. Presidential spokesman Thomas Traumann said: “The idea of...
by Furious | May 22, 2013 | Blog
Your Black World – The Your Black World team had a meeting and decided upon a few ways that we could tell that black America has lost it’s mind under President Obama. We don’t know which way is up or down, and it seems that good politics has been thrown out the...
by Patrick Irvine | May 19, 2013 | Blog, History
I figured it was time to begin looking at some of the facts of the black community and analyzing them. Not only has this spawned my black fact series of video blogs, but it has also caused me to develop an even deeper passion for my community; the Black American...
by Furious | May 14, 2013 | Blog
Harlem World – LiveSteez research shows that Black churches, in aggregate, have collected more than $420 billion in tithes and donations since 1980. With a Senate investigation into the finances of several mega churches underway, the “Prosperity Movement” has...
by Furious | May 11, 2013 | Blog
Kristie (pictured left) and Kirstie Bronner (pictured) are identical twins with identical grade point averages, so why shouldn’t they share the honor of being Spelman College‘s first-ever sister co-valedictorians, reports WSB-TV. The road to one of this country’s...
