One School’s Answer To Poor Kids – Let ‘Em Eat…Nothing
Wendy Gittleson - If there’s one thing almost universally agreed upon, it’s that children are better little citizens when they have food in their bellies. They perform better in school. Truancy goes down and as anyone who has spent more than five minutes around a...
Accidental Racist: LL Cool J Makes Debut On A Country Song With Brad Paisley!
Of course it was no accident that Brad Paisley’s well-intentioned, but predictably inflammatory new single, “Accidental Racist,” began making the rounds on the Internet on the Monday before his ninth album,Wheelhouse, was to be released today. Of course a direct...
Jay Z, Warren Buffet, Shaq the voices of a new animated series entitled “Secret Millionaires Club,”
One of the world's richest men, Buffett is also the voice of a new animated series entitled "Secret Millionaires Club," which offers kids tips on investing and basic business concepts. "The more you learn, the more you’ll earn,” Buffett says in the series, which also...
Black Teens Abort Babies 4 Times More Than General Population
There has been a lot of talk in the news about legislation surrounding women’s rights to choose what they want to do with their bodies. A significant part of the debate centers on abortion. Now, we have learned that the rate at which young Black girls are having...
Ivy League Reject Lashes Out In Open Letter, Some Call It Borderline Racist, Homophobic
Getting rejected from college can bring out the worst in anyone, but in some cases perhaps the worst was already on the surface. Suzy Lee Weiss’ frustration was hardly different from anyone else’s when it comes to getting into a good school, however Weiss’ public...
Unemployed Black Woman Pretends to be White, Job Offers Suddenly Skyrocket
If you don’t believe that racism in the job market is real, then please read this article by Yolanda Spivey. Spivey, who was seeking work in the insurance industry, found that she wasn’t getting any job offers. But as an experiment, she changed her name to Bianca...
Teacher Quits, Resignation Letter says, ‘My profession … no longer exists’
Many teachers have said they are sick and tired of how the school system has changed. There was a time when teachers had flexibility with their lesson plans. They were able to choose what they taught in class. How they develop and grow the children's critical thinking...
Republicans Demand Investigation Into Beyonce’s Cuba Vacation
Two Florida Republicans are prompting the Obama administration to open an investigation into Beyonce and Jay-Z’s recent trip to Cuba, arguing that the couple may have violated sanctions against the communist country. Former House Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman...
Obama to propose changes to Medicare and Social Security in new budget
(CNN) -- President Barack Obama's upcoming budget plan, which according to senior administration officials will include proposed changes to Social Security and Medicare plus some new tax increases in an effort for the president to reach a deal with Republicans on...
Obama to Return 5% of His Salary
By ANDREW ACKERMAN - President Barack Obama plans to return 5% of his salary this year to the Treasury, a symbolic gesture of solidarity with federal workers facing possible furloughs—and reduced pay—because of automatic spending cuts known as the sequester. His...
From BET to hotels to banking, Johnson keeps moving forward
By Barbara Hagenbaugh and Sue Kirchhoff, USA TODAY BETHESDA, Md. — BET founder Robert Louis Johnson is calling the next phase of his career his "second act." If it's anything like the first, it'll be worth tuning in. Johnson, who became the nation's first...
Black Business Friday: John H. Johnson
Born John Harold Johnson, January 19, 1918, in Arkansas City, AR; died after a long illness, August 8, 2005, in Chicago, IL. Publisher. John H. Johnson built a media empire based on the immensely successful magazines Ebony and Jet in the years following World War II....
Meet the Black Enterprise Teen Entrepreneur Winners
[BlackTree TV Atlanta] BlackTree TV Host Lakesha Womack goes talks to the winners of the Teenpreneurship conference in Atlanta, GA. When private school bills became too much for the Holland family, instead of pulling their kids out of the school and enrolling them in...
Kid President meets the President of the United States of America
UI LOVES KID PRESIDENT!!!! After previously only speaking via can and string, Kid President and President Barack Obama finally meet face to face. The two met in the Oval Office to discuss how kids and grown-ups can work together to change the world. This meeting is...
Dad Sets Up 13-Year-Old Daughter’s Facebook Perv In A Sting Operation
NEWS ONE - Antoine Martin (pictured) did what all caring fathers would do if they suspected an adult male was using Facebook to sleep with their 13-year-old daughter: he set up a sting operation to catch the man, reports MyFox Detroit. Martin began monitoring his...
Angela Davis Documentary to Released in Theaters Nationwide
Codeblack Films has turned to online platform Tugg to identify new audiences for “Free Angela and All Political Prisoners,” its upcoming documentary about political activist Angela Davis. Tugg allows users to pick a film they want to see in theaters and gather support...
Caught On Tape OPP Inmates Drinking Beer, Shooting Up & Snorting Drugs While In Jail!
This is absolutely crazy! But before you get outraged by what you see, remember the prisons are not in the rehabilitation business, but the profit business. Period. Recommended reading: Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow" What are your thoughts on this...
Tennessee Passes Law Tying Welfare Benefits to Childrens’ Grades in School
A new bill in Tennessee has some advocates excited and some disappointed. The bill, if it passes into law, will reduce welfare benefits of parents whose kids are not performing well in school. The bill is being sponsored by two Republicans, Stacey Campfield and...
13 Year old African American Girl Reads over 300 Books Per Year
See how this inspiring girl from the South Bronx, NY is using books to make her dreams come true! Every year, 12-year-old Neveah Mosher challenges herself to read over 300 books. She hopes to be the first in her family to attend college. Neveah is currently in sixth...
Does the African American community suffer from Stockholm Syndrome?
Interesting question. where do you stand on the issue. More about Stockholm Syndrome Stockholm syndrome, or capture–bonding, is a psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy andsympathy and have positive feelings toward their captors, sometimes to the...
