by Furious | May 8, 2013 | Blog
(ThyBlackMan.com) The measure of a society – the measure of its cultural or mental health- can be gauged by its treatment of and attitudes towards women. And by that measure, the Black community comes up woefully short. As far back as a decade ago, thenumber one...
by Furious | May 8, 2013 | Blog
New York Times: Opinion Pages – It’s easy to believe the worst is over in the economic downturn. But for African-Americans, the pain continues — over 13 percent of black workers are unemployed, nearly twice the national average. And that’s not a new development:...
by Furious | May 6, 2013 | Blog
Kulture Kritic – The Rev. and the Fugitive Sharpton tried to set up Chesimard, activists say By Ron Howell, Newsday, Friday 21 October 1988 The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has worked as a federal informant, tried to set up a meeting with black fugitive radical JoAnne...
by Furious | May 6, 2013 | Blog
Yahoo! News – It’s no great shock to learn that 19-year-old college student in South Carolina provoked a storm of protests after he’d hung a Confederate flag from his dorm room window. But here’s the twist: The student in question, Byron...
by Furious | May 6, 2013 | Blog
The Guardian – Kevin Johnson was pilloried for suggesting Obama has not been good for African Americans. But his question was a good one. Back when affirmative action was white, educational institutions were created for African Americans who were barred from...
by Furious | May 3, 2013 | Blog
The Root – The U.S. economy appears to rebound for everyone but African Americans. After a dismal showing in March, when fewer than 90,000 jobs were reported created, the April jobs report is being billed as a comeback of sorts for the U.S. economy: There were...
by Furious | May 3, 2013 | Blog
Shelia M. Poole — Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Author Dennis Kimbro has spent the past seven years interviewing people many of us probably wish we could be. Millionaires. Kimbro, a professor of business at Clark Atlanta University, interviewed 1,000 of the...
by Patrick Irvine | Apr 26, 2013 | Blog
So now that black history month is over and we have gotten our yearly fill of MLK, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Abraham Lincoln (which according to elementary academia were the only major players involved in African American history in America) we can acknowledge...
by Patrick Irvine | Apr 26, 2013 | Blog
Over the last few years we have seen a lot about murder in the news and it is easy to believe that the world is going to hell in a hand basket. But the question we must really ask ourselves is: Are we really no longer say to walk the streets. Well the answer is...
by Furious | Apr 26, 2013 | Blog
The Network Journal – Introducing money management skills to young people creates a generation of responsible spenders. If your child has ever thrown a temper tantrum at the store when you refused to buy a candy bar, this guide is for you. By age seven, kids are...
