by Furious | Aug 18, 2014 | News
The private autopsy ordered by the family of Michael Brown indicates the young man was shot at least six times by the Ferguson, MO police officer, Darren Wilson. The autopsy was conducted by Michael Baden, a high profile pathologist. You might remember his name from...
by UI Pam | Aug 18, 2014 | Blog, News
The co-founders of Pinetart Inc. are having a good start to their week. Not only is their new mobile app, Five-O, debuting in Android app stores, they are debuting their new website that was donated by a UI supporter. Once I learned about the Christian siblings and...
by Ghostndamachine | Aug 17, 2014 | Blog
Real quick before I go to work I have a subject that needs breathing on. We here in Open Discussion come from a wide range of ages, socio-economic statuses, and educational as well as consciousness levels. So everyone has a particular perspective to advance and...
by UI Pam | Aug 16, 2014 | Greatest Hits, News
13-year-old Mo’ne Davis helped lead the Philadelphia Taney Dragons to a huge victory yesterday in the Little League World Series. The team beat their opponents 4-0, with Davis pitching her second shut out in a row! Davis told ESPN, “At first I was scared...
by UI Pam | Aug 16, 2014 | Greatest Hits, News
Five-O has taken on a whole new meaning, thanks to a few high school teens. Siblings Caleb, Ima, and Asha Christian of Decatur, GA founded a mobile app development company called Pinetart, Inc., and released an app that documents incidents with law enforcement. Five-O...
by Phyllis Banks Cook | Aug 16, 2014 | Blog, Culture
Did my young men’s father and I give our sons enough information to keep them safe? Is there enough information parents can provide their off-spring within a society hell-bent on violence? In a society hell-bent on attempting to dehumanize African American men...
by Furious | Aug 16, 2014 | Blog
The second show of UI Daily has landed. There is a lot of tension and energy surrounding the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, but there hasn’t been much conversation about what are we going to do about it. The UI Daily team takes on this challenge to...
by UI Pam | Aug 15, 2014 | Blog
It’s almost been a week since the outrage of the killing of Michael Brown first reached the web. People from all over, including citizens of Ferguson, Missouri, and even those from other countries, have expressed their opinions about how the police department...
by Furious | Aug 15, 2014 | News
A week after the killing of unarmed, black teenager Michael Brown, the Ferguson Police department released the name of the officer who did the shooting. His name is Darren Wilson, according the Ferguson, MO police department. And according to the officials, Wilson and...
by Furious | Aug 14, 2014 | Blog
Urban Intellectuals launches into the podcast media world with our very first episode of UI Daily. This will be a daily talk show discussion the issues, news and solutions facing our community in the unique manner UI does. The show features several UI personalities...
