Maggie Anderson ‘Buys Black’ For One Year, Publishes Book On Experiment (VIDEO)
Oak Park, Ill. mother Maggie Anderson entered 2009 with an ambitious goal: for her and her family to "buy black" for an entire year. Anderson hopes her effort to support African American-owned businesses will her inspire her community become more active their...
Melissa Harris Perry – How black hair matters
This Sunday's episode of Melissa Harris-Perry featured a roundtable discussion about the politics of black hair. "For me, black womens' hair—the politics of it seem obvious," said host Melissa Harris-Perry. "But I realize it may not be obvious to everyone,...
CPS expected to announce closing of 50 schools in Black Neighborhoods?
By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, John Byrne and John Chase,Tribune reporters After months of hearings and debate, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration is ready to announce plans to close about 50 elementary schools, sources said, a number that quickly drew fire from aldermen...
Chicago Mayor Launches New Initiative to Transform Empty Lots into Thriving Urban Farms
In a press release from city hall this past Friday, Mayor Emmanuel announced a new plan to reimagine the city’s food desert known best as the South Side to be rebuilt (or perhaps regrown would be a more fitting term) into a healthy local food spot. As many...
Anger as white woman wins black college beauty pageant
The first non-black winner of a beauty pageant at Hampton University has faced a walkout by spectators angry that a white woman was crowned Homecoming Queen. Nikole Churchill, 22, won the contest at the college town in southern Virginia, but while she was all smiles,...
FDA Commissioner admit to not being able to say prescribed drugs are safe.
In this report on 60 Minutes we have a company not caring about people but about profits. 48 people killed at the time of this report (Sunday, March 10, 2013), 720 being treated for persistent fungal infection and called by the media the worst pharmaceutical disaster...
Elizabeth Warren: Hike Minimum Wage to $22 an Hour
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) wondered out loud why the nation's minimum wage isn't at $22 an hour, during a Senate Committee hearing on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions last week. “If we started in 1960, and we said that, as productivity goes up — that is,...
Rochelle Ballantyne, 17, Aims To Be First African-American Female Chess Master
By Sierra Tishgart At the I.S. 318 middle school in Brooklyn, 65 percent of students live below the federal poverty level. Yet despite the odds, the school has the highest ranked junior high chess team in the country and holds almost 30 national championships—more...
Kris Crawford, South Carolina Republican, Remembers It’s ‘Good Politics To Oppose The Black Guy’
Democrats jumped on South Carolina state Rep. Kris Crawford (R) this week after his vote against Medicaid expansion, helping to bring attention to racially charged comments he made on the issue in January. In a January interview with the Charleston Regional Business...
Code.org: Bringing Coding to the Youth
Code.org is a non-profit foundation dedicated to growing computer programming education. Our goals include: Spreading the word that there is a worldwide shortage of computer programmers, and that it's much easier to learn to program than you think. Building an...
Ron Finley: A guerilla gardener in South Central LA
Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA -- in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where "the drive-thrus are killing more people than the...
Do you Agree? Terrence Howard Says Blacks Have ‘Crab Mentality’
While interviewing with Hip Hollywood to promote his new movie “Dead Man Down,” Terrence Howard said that blacks have been critical of him because of his decision to marry inter-racially, and says the criticism is a result of blacks’ “crab mentality.” “We have a crab...
Sweet Brown Files $15 Million Lawsuit Against Apple Over “I Got Bronchitis” Song
Ever since Sweet Brown's uttered the words "Ain't nobody got time for that," she's been an Internet star. Tons of people have made reference to her "Lord Jesus it's a fire," craziness, and now she's firing back at Apple for using her image without paying up. Brown,...
Chicago: Baby shot dies; father in serious condition
March 12, 2013 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- As police search for the killer of 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins, outrage over her death spreads, and the outpouring of grief includes a gesture by the Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose. Rose has offered to help pay for Jonylah's funeral...
Would King Have Evolved on Gay Rights?
President Obama's declaration of support formarriage equality has created an uproar in Christian communities across America, and nowhere more poignantly than in the Black Church where the President is largely admired, but which has traditionally been more socially...
CIA secret weapon of assassination Heart Attack Gun, Declassified 1975
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence,[7] with responsibility for providing national...
HS Wrestler Without Arms And Legs Defies Odds And Wins First Match
Smith lost his limbs when he contracted a rare meningitis blood disorder at the age of 3-years-old that caused his blood vessels to burn. Due to his illness, the Harding senior’s parents were forced to make the heart-ripping decision to have their son’s arms and legs...
6 Latin American leaders who criticised US policies fall ill of cancer
Russian Communist Party head Gennady Zyuganov today demanded an international investigation into the death of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, claiming it was “far from a coincidence” that six leaders of Latin-American countries who had criticized the U.S. simultaneously fell...
Elderly Woman Thrown Off Train For Singing – Florida – Emma Anderson
March 7, 2013 Report: The family of an elderly Florida woman is furious that she was hauled off a commuter train because she was singing spirituals and are considering legal action. The family of Emma Anderson, 82, claim she was injured by a Metro-Dade Transit...
“Kid President” old enough to have inspiring message
Nine-year-old Robby Novak plays the role of "kid president" whose online video featuring a motivational pep talk for the world have racked up millions of views. Elaine Quijano reports. About Kid President Robbie Novak (born 2003), better known by the nickname Kid...
