Coming up at the top of the hour: Topic #1: The trials of tribulations of Jameis Winston Topic #2: Should some HCBUs be closed in order to improve others. Topic #3: Free for all. Come join the discussion!!! www.freeconferencecall.com/wall/ui
The G20 and Mid-term Elections: A Glimpse Outside the USA on the Black Work Ethic
The Group of 20 (G20) Summit was developed in order to sustain a dying economic Asian world. The G20 is made up of 19 countries plus the European Union. The "member" countries are as follows -- (a-keep in mind that nations in the African Union are...
Part 2: Tracking Obama’s Response to the Economic and Housing Crises in Black America
Part 2 of a 5-part series... [Click Here for PART 1] Obama speech to The National Economic Council, March 2009 I want to talk this morning about our understanding of the roots of our current economic crisis, the rationale for the administration's recovery strategy,...
UI in Ferguson Helping to Demand The Arrest of Officer Darren Wilson
Final numbers are not in yet, but it looks like upwards of 5,000 people came together in downtown St. Louis in support of "Hands Up, Don't Shoot!” Coalition and campaign. This rally was sponsored by the AFL-CIO and had the participation of of around one groups coming...
UIMD: Asleep No More The Meme
UI Meme of the Day, a daily series… It took a Black man getting elected President to wake Black people across the nation up from that deep long slumber that was going on between 1970 and 2008. It also took that same Black man getting elected President to alert white...
UIMD: 40 Acres and A Trillion Pounds of Flesh
UI Meme of the Day, a daily series… America's post-Antebellum bloodstains won't be washed out by a few cheaply laid out trinket government programs and some hat-in-hand backstroking social assimilation statuses. That has never worked out for us, and it never will. The...
Part 1: Tracking Obama’s Response to the Economic and Housing Crisis in Black America
Part 1 of a 5-part Series... Yes, WE can. Y'all remember that, right? Bet you're probably wondering who "we" is now, right? When the Black folks down south and in spots around the nation pulled up on the electoral train's Caboose during the 2008 nationals, President...
Remembering 2007: FLOTUS in Iowa is Still in RARE Form Some 7-odd Years Later
This is the entirety of First Lady Michelle Obama's speech in support of Bruce Braley in the State of Iowa. No, she wasn't thoroughly classless like Mitt Romney's Iowa faux pas. Didn't even mention once the fact that his grandfather was born in Mexico and his...
Continuing Our Right To Vote as African Americans
I was convicted in my soul to write this article. Let's first understand where it was began. African Americans have a history in both major political parties of the United States. After the Civil War almost all Blacks considered them-selves Republicans. It was the...
REAL TALK WITH JALAL TARIQ — U.I. DAILY SHOW
Topic #1: Interview with the U.I. Editor in Chief Shereen Renee. Here to talk about the U.I. literary branch, U.I. News Team One/Writing Team/Blogging Group. Topic #2: Seattle passed an ordinance renaming and proclaiming Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day. Should...
UIMD: A Crab’s Natural Habitat
UI Meme of the Day, a daily series… Criticism is needed. It is necessary, because now that the eyes and ears of Black people are FINALLY opening to some degree, the last thing we need is for people to preach platitudes and gloss over and put a high sheen on "niceties"...
Did You Know This About George Washington Carver?
INSIGHT Dick Gregory stated that people assumed Carver was gay because of the sound quality of a his voice - it was very high-pitched, no bass, no baritone, nothing. What they didn't know is that Carver was castrated by his white benefactors to keep him from having...
UIMD: Respect Existence or… Anonymous Demands Justice for John Crawford
UI Meme of the Day, a daily series… STONE COLD BONE CHILLING. There isn't a lot anyone can add to this conversation piece. --- Anonymous has been around for awhile now, and he/she/they aren't just in the United States of America. Sometimes, watching too much TV may...
Kill The Messenger: The Short Lifetime of Gary Webb
Just call it "Karmageddon." Today, an AMC film was released called "Kill the Messenger." It is directed by Michael Cuesta. It is a movie about the white guy who revealed to the whole world that the CIA started the crack cocaine epidemic in Black America. He spilled...
UIMD: “Thanks Obama” Billboard in Massachusetts Is (Was) Quite Revealing
UI Meme of the Day, a daily series… Now one has to ask a serious question about what possesses certain white people to behave in such an insolent and crude neanderthal-like sniveling manner, and why they'd be stupid enough to pay money to market it in public, thus...
UIMD: You Don’t Get to Pick Your Tax Rate, Neither Should They
UI Meme of the Day, a daily series… If you could pick your own tax rate, how much would you charge yourself? The less the corporations pay, the higher a bill gets passed on to you. We're likely well over the "less taxes for us means more jobs for you" lie because...
4 Places Every African American Must Visit In Their Lifetime
We, Afrikans in the Ma'afa, are living monuments. Yet we don't realize it. Let's argue that we are now in a time where there is a need for us to re-establish our identity and reconnect with our ancestors and what they achieved. Not only reading up on their life, times...
Black Americans Will Be Buried Alive Without Reparations – Dr Claud Anderson
After over 150 years of alleged "emancipation," the black community are still economic midgets when compared to just about any other group in this country. Dr. Claud Anderson presents some hardcore facts and figures that make this point real for all of us in modern...
The Argument For-Against Islam is Also For-Against Racial Profiling
WE should only be talking about the Nation of Islam and Louis Farrakhan, right? Wrong. There are many Black and colored people who are Islamic persons (Muslims) who are not affiliated with the Nation of Islam, but let's just take this more recent loud disagreement...
Off Duty, STL Police Officer Shoots Unarmed, Black Teen Holding a Sandwich
Saint Louis area police have another killing of an unarmed, black teen, according to witnesses on the scene. However, the STL police department is telling a different story. 18 year old, Vonderrick Myer. was shot and killed by an off-duty Saint Louis police officer...
