by Candace | May 18, 2016 | Blog
A lot of us remember the “Bring Back Our Girls” movement that was started when Boko Haram kidnapped over 250 Nigerian school girls in 2014. Well according to a Bring Back Our Girls activist from Nigeria, one has been reunited with her family. It has suspected for...
by Candace | May 18, 2016 | Blog
First they announce the Black Panther movie starting Chadwick Boseman, a black superhero. Then they announced that Michael B. Jordan from Creed would also be in the movie and let’s not forget the lovely Lupita Nyong’o is also a part of this all-star cast. What’s...
by Candace | May 17, 2016 | Blog
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s upcoming visit to the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica has sparked a renewed call by Jamaican professors and politicians that the United Kingdom should pay reparations for slavery. The chairman of the Caribbean Caricom...
by Candace | May 16, 2016 | Blog, Positivity
Shonda and Shalisha Witherspoon, identical twin sisters recently graduated from Florida International University on May 10th. The sisters aged 25, completed their Bachelor of Science degrees at FUI’s College of Engineering and Computer Science in the IT sector...
by Candace | May 16, 2016 | Blog, Celebrities, Positivity
Snoop Dogg’s son, Cordell Broadus, is changing the world one charitable event at a time. He is the founder of Revolt of the Youth charitable foundation which seeks to help underprivileged youth in the society. Charity has always been a passion for him since he...
by Koba | May 16, 2016 | Blog
When Bill O’Riley name is mentioned, 10 times out of 10 you better believe he is bashing black culture. This man was born into privilege and simply has a disconnect when it comes to black history and culture. For years he has stated that black people use slavery...
by Anthony Thomas | May 15, 2016 | Blog
Muammar Gaddafi, the former Libyan president and now dead, had a dream. A dream that Africa should build a ‘USA’ under one president. Gaddafi’s ideal USA, as reported by BBC, would have a single military force, single currency and a single passport...
by Candace | May 13, 2016 | Blog
Gentrification is the process of rebuilding a poor neighborhood only to push the low income residents out in order to move wealthy people in. I hate the term “urban” but I’ll use it for the sake of this topic. Gentrification only seems to happen in urban...
by Candace | May 10, 2016 | Blog
For years men and boys of color have been incarcerated for selling and using marijuana but now we want to put a suit and white face on it and make it a legal, multimillion dollar business. Law enforcement has been preying on men, in poor communities, for years. Men...
by Candace | May 9, 2016 | Blog
Idris Elba is nothing short of amazing from his role in Beast of No Nation to his role in the HBO Series The Wire, he is truly a talented actor. Now Elba is collaborating with John Ridley, creator of American Crime, to tell a powerful love story that takes place in...
