by Reneegede | Feb 25, 2015 | Opinion
Stockholm syndrome is a phrase that was coined at the end of a six-day hostage situation in which a bank was seized and its workers were held captive. Ultimately, the kidnapped hostages end up empathizing with their captors, some to the point of becoming sympathetic...
by Chum Sejimon | Feb 24, 2015 | Blog, Celebrities, News
On Sunday’s 87th Academy Award celebration, Patricia Arquette took the stage upon winning Best Supporting Actress for the groundbreaking film Boyhood. The speech that followed beckoned to some 45 million viewers and over 6,000 academy members in an effort to...
by Freddie Ra | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog
Oscar award winning speeches are typically a drove of thank yous and ‘I could have never been here withouts’, but thanks to the hip hop legend and soul singer combo of Common and John Legend we have something powerful to talk about today following the...
by Freddie Ra | Feb 23, 2015 | Politics News
Say what you want about second term President of the United States Barrack Obama, but you must admit he is rather candid when compared to his first term self. The President offended more people with his frank discussion of America during his weekly radio address. In...
by Shavez Rosenthal | Feb 21, 2015 | Blog
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination. 50 years ago today, Malcolm X was martyred at the Audubon Ballroom in New York, New York in front of his friends and family during a speech. Malcolm was a significant leader in the civil rights...
by Freddie Ra | Feb 20, 2015 | Celebrities, News
You can say what you want about Marshawn Lynch, he loves the city and people of Oakland. There is no doubt about it as he represents Oakland on a national level, his words, every chance he gets. Although you might not hear Lynch say much to the corporate owned media,...
by Freddie Ra | Feb 20, 2015 | Culture, History
Stokely Carmichael is an extraordinary figure in the Black Power movement and black history in general. He seems to fly under the radar during discussions around black consciousnesses and what we should do as a people moving forward. Lost between Dr. King, Malcolm X,...
by Freddie Ra | Feb 20, 2015 | Blog, News
Not long after delivering a Black Lives Matter speech in Seattle, Jesse Hagopain was pepper sprayed by a police officer for no reason. We understand there is a segment of the population that believes a police officer would never do such a thing, but the rest of us...
by Freddie Ra | Feb 20, 2015 | News
CNN is reporting the U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to bring a racial discrimination case against the Ferguson, Missouri police department. The law suit is said to be over the alleged racially discriminatory practices of the police department. However, if the...
by Freddie Ra | Feb 19, 2015 | Opinion
The word ‘Thug’ has been tossed around to describe black people in this country for decades now as a substitute for Ni**er. Every since the country developed a minute consciousness that drove them away from overt racism, bigotry and hatred, thug has served...
