by Spirit of Thoth | Jul 3, 2013 | Blog
There are those intellectuals who are believers in God… And, there are others who do no. Ok… fine. However answer this this… Why the absolute anger atheists have when the mention of God existing occurs? If you tell most believers that God does not...
by Nathan McTeer | Jul 2, 2013 | Blog, History
For years African Americans have been used as complacent pawns to a failing system of American Education. I have been a student in Baltimore City Schools for years and the constricting structures of policing blackness has appalled me. If we take a minute to analyse...
by M Jamaar Davis | Jul 2, 2013 | Blog
Last week, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4, that key parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 must me changed. The court decided that Congress has not taken into account the current racial enviornment, and therefore, the formula that was used to determine which states must...
by jerryl | Jul 2, 2013 | Blog, History
Uncle Tom History has not been kind to Uncle Tom, the hero of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and one of the most popular figures of nineteenth-century American fiction. After its initial burst of sensational popularity and influence, Uncle Tom’s Cabin fell into neglect. Its...
by Halima Ahmed | Jul 2, 2013 | Blog
My hijab, to some non-Muslims, symbolizes oppression and lack of women’s voice and agency in the Islamic faith. These individuals feel it is incumbent upon them to free me, and all Muslim women who adorn the hijab, from this perceived oppression. We live in a culture...
by Claytron Brown | Jul 1, 2013 | Blog
Patriotism as defined by the dictionary simply is “devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country; national loyalty.” This definition, I argue is inadequate and needs to be expanded. For Black people, as well as other historically oppressed...
by Furious | Jun 25, 2013 | News
Unless you have been under a rock for the last few days, you have heard the AMA, the American Medical Association, declared obesity to be a disease. I cannot believe this is real. How in the world is a lifetime of poor decisions dismissed as a disease? People are...
by Furious | Jun 21, 2013 | Blog
A secret audio recording of a stop-and-frisk in action sheds unprecedented light on a practice that has put the city’s young people of color in the NYPD’s crosshairs. More about the Stop and Frisk program The New York City stop-question-and-frisk...
by Furious | Jun 21, 2013 | News
The Horizon Science Academy in Ohio is facing heat from the natural hair community after a copy of a letter to parents that included a ban on afro puffs and ‘small twisted braids’ was posted online. The letter details changes to the dress code for the upcoming school...
by Furious | Jun 15, 2013 | News
The Root – Edith Jones, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in Texas, is the target of an ethics complaint by civil rights groups who claim that she said in a speech at the University of Pennsylvania Law School that “racial groups like...
