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...
by Candace | May 5, 2016 | Blog, Celebrities, Culture, Positivity
We all remember Princess Imani, Prince Akeem’s Queen to be, from Coming to America. Well, she just broke the internet. As we quickly approach the 28th Anniversary of Coming to America she has completely blown our minds. The timeless beauty Vanessa Bell Calloway posted...
by Candace | May 3, 2016 | Blog
Beyoncé and Jay-Z are brilliant when it comes to business. They started TIDAL streaming, Beyoncé is dropping albums out of the clear blue sky, and this visual album was incredible. The crazy thing is that people are more concerned with the cheating rumors than this...
by Candace | Apr 27, 2016 | Blog
If you go to jail for a committing a crime that is then legalized, I think you deserve some kind of reparations. This country has a habit of making the black man’s hustle illegal then turning around and legalizing it so that the government can then make money from it....
by Krystal | Apr 27, 2016 | Blog, News
On Saturday, a video was allegedly posted, by the fraternity Alpha Tau Omega, using racial slurs throughout a clip from the move, ‘A Bug’s Life’. The video ended with an Anonymous-like broadcast calling for the lynchings and beatings of...
by Freddie Ra | Apr 27, 2016 | Blog
It is highly unlikely you’ve ever heard the name Estevanico the Moor. Don’t worry, prior to doing this research and reading many other pieces, I wasn’t aware either, which is why it is important to shed light on our history. Not because this is a...
by Freddie Ra | Apr 27, 2016 | Africa, Blog, Did You Know, Profiles in Black History
Mali was the second of the “Great Three” ancient West African kingdoms whose history can be traced back to Paleolithic times through rock paintings, carvings and other finds – all of this goes back before its known record, 600 A.D. – 1,400 A.D....
by Candace | Apr 26, 2016 | Blog
A fine of $5,000 was paid by a former Maryland judge after he ordered a defendant to be shocked with a stun gun in his courtroom. Robert C. Nalley, the former judge, had pleaded guilty to civil rights violation. Besides paying the fine, the former judge also have a...
