by Samayoch | May 18, 2014 | Blog
According to Meriam-Webster’s online dictionary, Think-tank is defined as: an institute, corporation, or group organized for interdisciplinary research (as in technological and social problems) —called also think factory The full definition reads: Institute,...
by Reneegede | May 17, 2014 | Opinion
The Short Story on “The Black Community” is that it is spiritually, morally and mentally deceased, as well as physically inactive. I buried it a few weeks back for lack of righteous standing in America for going on 50 years now. If we had a “black...
by Reneegede | May 16, 2014 | Opinion
It’s what you answer to. [Which may explain why the Good Lord doesn’t answer most people’s prayers when they address Him as “Jesus,” but I digress.] Let’s face it. Black folks, especially American Black folk, are suffering from...
by Reneegede | May 15, 2014 | Opinion
Okay, most Black folk ‘hate’ Clarence Thomas is a strong thing to imply. But he isn’t an “Uncle Tom.” Uncle Tom was a hero who sacrificed his life so some other slaves could escape the plantation. Too old to run himself, they killed him...
by Jackson Ra | May 15, 2014 | Celebrities
History will be made as the Oprah Winfrey Network follows the NFL’s first openly gay players quest to make an NFL team, according to the Associated Press. The St. Louis Rams selected Michael Sam in the seventh round of the NFL Draft. Sam was the SEC Defensive...
by Reneegede | May 13, 2014 | Opinion
It wasn’t so long ago that I attended an Op-Ed journalism conference in Atlanta for women writers. The idea behind it was to start to take the conversation about what women can be and should be “allowed” to write about (‘think pink’ topics like...
by Renwick Miller | May 13, 2014 | Blog, Culture, History
By Renwick Miller Life’s been full of synchronicities for me this last month or so, not least of which is finding and devouring Ralph Ellison’s iconic novel “Invisible Man” some 25 or more years after becoming aware of it in my early teens....
by Randall Barnes | May 13, 2014 | A List Categories, Business
“Most of us understand that innovation is enormously important. It’s the only insurance against irrelevance. It’s the only guarantee of long-term customer loyalty. It’s the only strategy for out-performing a dismal economy.” – Gary Hamel...
by Randall Barnes | May 12, 2014 | A List Categories, Greatest Hits
“The mere imparting of information is not education.” -Cater G. Woodson The public school system sucks! Trust me, I’m a witness! Ever since first grade, I’ve been going to some type of public school. I’m currently a junior in high school experiencing the absolute...
by Reneegede | May 12, 2014 | Opinion
TMZ, ever the ones to intentionally seek out and be the first to report a story (they broke the news about the death of Michael Jackson before anyone else heard it), has reported an elevator chance fight of literal “video fisticuffs” between rapper/hiphop...
