by Koba | Oct 10, 2016 | Politics News
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin has a great new interview with President Obama in Vanity Fair. In the wide-ranging interview, they discuss Abraham Lincoln, Obama’s biggest regrets from his time in office, and how a visit to the pyramids reminded Obama that cable news...
by Koba | Oct 10, 2016 | Blog
People in our community have been saying that cops plant drugs on them, steal drugs from them, and resale them on the street for years. But nah, we know that there are just a few bad apples and most cops are good cops, right? We all know that good cops turn in bad...
by Koba | Oct 10, 2016 | Positivity
There is no secret that the educational system is failing the black community as a whole. Children are not learning and are just being pushed through a system that isn’t there to support them anyway. But sometimes there is light at the end of the tunnel. At...
by Koba | Oct 10, 2016 | Blog
Have you ever wondered why the police treat black people so bad? It is almost as if the moment police officers see black people (especially black men), they tense up and become defensive. They make assumptions which out evidence and react based off of these...
by Koba | Oct 10, 2016 | Positivity
While at times large companies and brands have seemed reluctant to take a stance on the country’s current racial climate, on Thursday, the ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s issues a strong statement in support of the movement, tweeting a Black Lives Matter banner...
by Koba | Oct 10, 2016 | Blog
If you’re one of the nearly 150,000 prisoners locked up in Texas and you like to read, you’re gonna have a bad time, as the Texas Department of Criminal Justice bans nearly 15,000 books. Texas inmates aren’t allowed to read books by Malcolm X,...
by Koba | Oct 10, 2016 | Blog
If you missed Lecrae preaching wisdom at the 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards, you need to take a second. The Grammy Award-winning Christian rapper, who has been outspoken about racial injustice, took to the stage at Tuesday’s event for a performance that highlighted the...
by Candace | Oct 10, 2016 | News
We may have another Edward Snowden on our hands. Although the FBI and NSA kept it under wraps while they conducted their investigation an employee stole classified information from the National Security Association this summer. Harold Thomas Martin, 51, of Glen...
by Forest Parks | Oct 10, 2016 | News
A news report from NBC news talked with Florida residents, who have become vulnerable due to Hurricane Matthew. The Hurricane is leading many to evacuation and in need of vital services. The video below sees residents accusing some businesses of hiking up prices to...
by Forest Parks | Oct 10, 2016 | History, News
Nat Turner’s slave revolt has come into public interest and an important part of history is being learned by many, a part we should all know about. This is massively thanks to Nate Parkers ‘The Birth of a Nation’, a movie touted to tell the true...
