Flint Water Crisis: Concluding Investigation the State is Found Responsible
We finally have a little bit of closure on the Flint water crisis. The Flint Water Advisory Task Force finished their investigation earlier this week and a report was delivered to Snyder Monday morning. The report blamed everyone from the Department of Environmental...
Terrorist Attack in Nigeria Leave 86 Dead and 62 Injured
Chaos ensued a few months ago when Boko Haram extremist shot and bombed victims in Dalori, Nigeria. Eighty-six people were killed by native Islamic terrorist that have been terrorizing the state for quite some time now. One survivor described his terrifying...
Mugabe Urged Africans & African-Americans to Work Together | We Agree
The truth is both Africans and African-Americans have many reasons to work together. The similarities in their experiences when it comes to relationships with the West are obvious for anyone who knows a shred of their history. Well one world leader is urging a union...
Teen’s Google Doodle Honoring African-American Heritage
The DC teen’s Google doodle honoring African-American heritage has gone viral on the internet today. Akilah Johnson, a 10th-grade student from Washington, D.C. had the internet going nuts Monday. Akilah's artwork had a breakthrough in Google's top student-doodler...
Humble Beginnings: From Ex Con to Government Lawyer
For a person to turn their life from being an ex con to government lawyer, it takes a lot of courage and determination. Noah Kilroy went from a life of hustling and drug dealing to becoming a lawyer. He was raised in foster homes after being abandoned by his mother,...
Former South Carolina State Trooper Pleads Guilty to Shooting Black Man that Followed his Orders
In September of 2014, a South Carolina state trooper, Sean Groubert stopped Levar Jones at a gas station for a seatbelt violation. On Monday, the former officer pleaded guilty to shooting the black man for following orders. Consequently, he was fired and recently has...
Ava DuVernay Suddenly Lost Her Father This Week
Director Ava DuVernay lost her father earlier this weekend. While mourning his death she took to tweeter posting a picture of her and father with the caption reading, “My hero. My father. Murray Maye. The best man I've ever known. We took this picture a few years back...
Zimbabwe is Nationalizing Their Diamond Mines
How is the richest country in the nation (rich with natural resources), the poorest country in the nation? I have often wondered this but I know the answer. Just to name a few, in Africa you can find diamonds, gold, iron, copper, cobalt, silver, petroleum, cocoa beans...
Student Humiliated When Teacher Asks Her, “What’s up my N***a?”
Your class is reading the novel The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn which takes place in the South in the 1840s. You can probably imagine (if you’ve never read the book) that the word nigger is use quite a few times throughout the book. You are a 16 year-old black...
Virginia Church Awards $2.1 Million to HBCU Bound Students
The Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia is a great example of what much churches should be doing. Far too many churches are taking offerings and building bigger churches, to hold larger congregations, to get more money in offerings. I don’t see...
Snyder: Criminal Mastermind May Be Behind Burglary at Flint City Hall
The plot thickens in the Flint investigation. Michigan’s Governor, Snyder, is a real piece of work. During the Christmas holiday there was a break-in at the executive office in Flint and important documents relating to Flint’s water management were stolen. The crime...
Wiley College Presents Nate Parker’s School Film and Drama
Nate Parker has been making some major moves. Recently he announced on tweeter that, at Wiley College, the Nate Parker School of Film and Drama will be launched. Yes that’s right this 36 year-old man has his own school. Nate Parker’s School of Film and Drama aspires...
African-American Men More Likely To Get Pulled Over In Durham, NC
According to WNCN, research has shown African-American men more likely to get pulled over in Durham compared to any other group of people. Studies were taken at RTI International, at the police department's request, to see if racial bias played a factor. It was...
Celebrities Endorse #BLM Activist for Baltimore Mayor
On Feb. 3, Deray McKesson was the last Democratic candidate to file for the Baltimore mayoral race just minutes before the deadline. Though he was the last candidate to file, he was the second, out of twenty-nine candidates, to release a 26-page mayoral platform...
Arrested and Held on $1.425 Million Bond for a Crime He Did Not Commit
I often get angry about the no snitch rule that many people live by in the hood. It truly pisses me off but after hearing about Lewis James Little’s experience I could understand why someone would be hesitant to cooperate with the police. On the night of June 20, 2013...
America is in Dire Need of Black Male Educators
Today, schools of all levels Pre K-12, colleges and not forgetting the universities have done a poor job at recruiting and retaining black male educators. Currently, the population of the black male educators in public schools has dropped below two percent by U.S....
Obama Has Chosen His Supreme Court Justice: Will GOP Continue To Obstruct The Black Pres?
It's been a contentious issue, Obama's nominee to sit on the Supreme Court is big big big news! This morning the White House sent out a letter with Obama announcing he is ready (full letter below). And we bring you the news that Obama has nominated Merrick Garland!...
Angela Davis, “Terrorist” Who Gained Support From The Rolling Stones And John Lennon
It's extremely difficult to summarise the life of Angela Davis, civil rights activist, a so-called "Terrorist" who was the 3rd woman in history to hit the FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted list, a professor and academic, a true scholar, a communist!, A feminist and so so much...
Building a Productive Society: From Prisoner to Software Engineer
Chris Redlitz is one of the board members of The Last Mile a program created to break cycle of incarceration. Redlitz created Code.7370 curriculum which gives prisoners access to the booming IT industry by teaching them how to code. Chris Redlitz is teaching prisoners...
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[VIDEO] Black, Beautiful & 40! This Is Exactly How To Celebrate!!!
40 is quite the milestone, a lot has happened in that time! So, if you are lucky enough to reach that and you are your beautiful, strong, proud self there is only one way to celebrate. Check this beautiful woman out!
