Atheist Anger… Why?

Atheist Anger… Why?

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 exist, then...

The White Educational Complex

The White Educational Complex

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...

Disenfranchisement…2013

Disenfranchisement…2013

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...

Uncle Tom Log’s Cabin

Uncle Tom Log’s Cabin

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...

My hijab is not oppressive, but your stereotypes are

My hijab is not oppressive, but your stereotypes are

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...

Black People Must Redefine Patriotism

Black People Must Redefine Patriotism

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 peoples in the United...

Obesity Declared a Disease by the AMA

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...

Meet the 17 That EXPOSED Stop & Frisk with His iPod

Meet the 17 That EXPOSED Stop & Frisk with His iPod

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 program is a practice...

Ohio School Bans Afro Puffs and Braids

Ohio School Bans Afro Puffs and Braids

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...

Blacks and Hispanics ‘Predisposed’ to Crime: Really, Judge?

Blacks and Hispanics ‘Predisposed’ to Crime: Really, Judge?

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 African...

Prosecutors: Send Sandi Jackson to prison first, then Jackson Jr.

Prosecutors: Send Sandi Jackson to prison first, then Jackson Jr.

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors urged today that former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. be sent to prison for four years and his wife, Sandi Jackson, be incarcerated for 18 months. In making the recommendation, prosecutors suggested the prison terms could be structured so...

Urban Prep Graduates All College-Bound For Fourth Year In A Row

Urban Prep Graduates All College-Bound For Fourth Year In A Row

For a remarkable fourth consecutive year, all 167 seniors at Urban Prep Academies schools have been accepted at four-year colleges or universities this fall. Students of the two Chicago public charter high schools -- located in the city's Englewood and University...

‘Food stamps’ cuts will hurt poor Black families

‘Food stamps’ cuts will hurt poor Black families

WASHINGTON – Both the House and Senate have passed bills that would reduce funding of the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called food stamps, but the extent of the cuts will not become known until negotiators from both chambers agree to a...