by Furious | Jun 17, 2014 | Culture
A quiet Sunday morning, June 1st in the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago, IL, men and women ran the streets. Not in the fashion you might expect in this Southside neighborhood. They ran for Peace. The brainchild of Christopher Posey, a Chicago native, Run For Peace...
by Keith Green II | Jun 14, 2014 | Blog
Many outside entities influence African Americans women, but one that stuck out to me the most was obesity. We need to increase awareness of obesity in America because it continues to be a problem that is not addressed properly. We are quick to go out and eat a meal...
by Phyllis Banks Cook | Jun 13, 2014 | Blog
I attended a luncheon with mostly female educators, three students from a high school performed. There were three young ladies and two of them recited original poetry about being in abusive relationships. When they finished the audience went crazy, They were...
by Furious | Jun 13, 2014 | Blog
Not all employers operate strictly by the book. Some of them break laws cut corners; others because they just don’t care about their employees. Most of them break the law because they simply don’t know it. On top of federal laws that often go forgotten or...
by Reneegede | Jun 12, 2014 | Opinion
Don’t get me wrong, I admired and respected Maya Angelou deeply. Her history, her accomplishments and achievements, everything she did and stood for was cherished and appreciated by all. There is no comparison or competition, but if I had to say a woman really...
by Samayoch | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog, Culture, History
The truth is stranger then fiction. Maybe one reason why most of us only keep an illusion of truth as not to be jolted out of sleep. For those who linger in the shadows and feel too comfortable in their state of half-awareness, let me be your alarm. Here are a few...
by Samayoch | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog, Culture, History
When I was growing up, my knowledge of the world, history and it’s many Peoples was very rudimentary. My world-view was colored and formed by my Christian upbringing. Amongst which the Christian (white) tale of the Jews, the chosen people of the god who created...
by Reneegede | Jun 12, 2014 | Opinion
The God Genome, A Six-part Series An Urban Intellectuals Exclusive The God Genome is an exclusive six-part series that encompasses and digests the many broad threads and facets of Black history, geology, geography, science, genealogy, and scripture and brings them...
by LT Davison | Jun 12, 2014 | Culture
It’s been 14 years since the release of the song “Independent Women Pt. I” by Destiny’s Child from the Charlie’s Angels Soundtrack. To refresh our memories, the lyrics from the first stanza go a little something like this: “Question, Tell me what you think about me...
by Reneegede | Jun 12, 2014 | Opinion
Yes, “28 Years A Lie,” that was a play on words with the hit film “12 Years A Slave.” Now that I’ve got your attention, let’s focus for a moment on a recent news report about an M.I.T. Dean who managed to stay in her position for...
