by Freddie Ra | Jan 6, 2016 | News
A grand jury convened Wednesday to consider charges against the Texas state trooper who pulled over Sandra Bland during what should have been a simple traffic stop. However, the situation turned violent and deadly for Bland. The state trooper was charged, but not of...
by Forest Parks | Jan 6, 2016 | Culture
Debt haunts many of us but there are many many positive role models in the community showing us that it needed drag us down. When the world seems like it’s out to get us we need to look at people like this with respect and use them as a point of inspiration....
by Forest Parks | Jan 6, 2016 | Blog
Finding a bookstore that isn’t just pushing the eurocentric agenda is hard work but back in 1997 rappers Talib Kweli and Mos Def AKA Yasiin Bey had a vision. The put a ton of their own cash into Nkiru Books when they purchased it off of it’s previous owner...
by Candace | Jan 6, 2016 | Modern History, Positivity
Tamir Rice, Laquan McDonald, Sandra Bland, Michael Brown, Oscar Grant, and the list goes on. I don’t have to explain these stories because most of us are familiar with them. Police brutality has been a problem in the black community since its humble beginnings, when...
by Freddie Ra | Jan 6, 2016 | News
The surge is on around the country to raise minimum wage for restaurant workers by much of the population. People and politicians realize the corporations are just being greedy and can afford to pay their workers a living wage, but refuse to do so. It would only cost...
by Freddie Ra | Jan 5, 2016 | Opinion
One thing that grinds my gears when it comes to Black people is us being told we are not capable of learning….and accepting it. This entire SCOTUS Scalia madness about black children not being fit for college is absurd and not something i’ve wanted to lend any of my...
by Candace | Jan 5, 2016 | Positivity
I make blankets! Sounds easy enough right? Not when you add on the fact that the blanket are for satellites in outer space. Sounds far-fetched? Well meet Paula Cain from Maryland, she designs “space blankets”. Cain started her career with NASA almost eight years ago...
by Freddie Ra | Jan 5, 2016 | Celebrities, News, Positivity
If you visit the city of Chicago, there is no doubt you will notice the growing population of homeless people sleeping outdoors. It is a sad sight to see that is compounded when you consider the frigid Chicago winters. How are they able to endure? Thanks to Chance The...
by Freddie Ra | Jan 5, 2016 | Celebrities
Is Saartjie Baartman Too Important of an Historical Figure for Beyonce To Write & Star in the Biopic? Update Feb 16, 2016: Beyonce’s 2016 Superbowl performance showed her blackness and support for the community. Many are wondering does this add to her...
by Freddie Ra | Jan 4, 2016 | News
A lot happened this weekend and you might have missed it between the new year celebrations, resolutions, recovery and general blind happiness of Americans these days. Out in Oregon, a group of white people got together and held a peaceful protest as they TOOK OVER A...
