Class Valedictorian Treated Like a High School Failure; No Critical Thinking on The Part of School Officials
High school is tough enough on its own without any additional responsibilities. Now imagine for a moment you are a star athlete for your school, participating in football, basketball and track. You are also a young dad trying to raise a baby. And, oh yeah, you also have the highest grade point average of anyone […]
Ending Hunger for Good
World Hunger Day is May 28. Let’s talk about ending hunger for good. On May 28, groups around the world will come together to honor World Hunger Day, a day that aims to raise awareness about the 795 million people who live in chronic hunger worldwide. It is also a day to foster a dialogue […]
Viral Photo Shows Haiti-Born West Point Cadet Overwhelmed By How Far He's Come
This powerful image encapsulates one graduate’s overwhelming feelings of accomplishment and gratitude. A photograph taken of Second Lt. Alix Schoelcher Idrache at his graduation from West Point went viral this week. Idrache, who was born in Haiti, has tears streaming down his face in the image. “At this moment, I was overwhelmed with emotions. Three […]
Twitter Perfectly Sums Up The Problems Every Black Girl Faces At The Salon
If you’ve ever been to a black-owned hair salon, you know the absolute strife you have to endure on the road to trying to have laid edges and slayed hair. From unnecessarily long hours under the dryer to getting burned one too many times by the flat iron, Black Twitter hilariously encompassed the unique service customers […]
Bill O'Reilly: Black Lives Matter Is 'Killing Americans'
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Wednesday night claimed the Black Lives Matter movement was responsible for killing Americans. “The O’Reilly Factor” host pointed to rising murder rates in some of the country’s larger cities and blamed the so-called “Ferguson Effect,” a term used to describe how the attention on excessive […]
The Education System Is Rigged Against Low-Income Students, Even In Kindergarten
Students born into poverty enter kindergarten at a disadvantage to more affluent peers. As they advance through the grades, they receive lower test scores. They’re more likely to drop out and less likely to enter higher education. The all-too-familiar cycle, in some ways, is getting worse, according to data in a new report from the National […]
Empathy for the Young Black Men in Chicago
Friday, May 20, 2016 a little before 4pm, a 49 year old Chicago woman was tragically shot and killed while exiting Starbucks two blocks away from Chicago Police Department Headquarters. Yvonne Nelson, a city employee with the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, was killed by a gunman allegedly targeting a young man near the […]
White High School Football Players Accused Of Coat Hanger Assault On Black, Disabled Teammate
Three white high school football players in southern Idaho have been charged in the brutal sexual assault of a disabled teammate, who is black. Ex-Dietrich High School students John R.K. Howard, 18, and Tanner Ward, 17, who played for the school football team last year, were charged by the state attorney general’s office with felony […]
Former Drug Dealer Turns Life Around, Graduates From Ivy League
His journey wasn’t an easy one, but this former drug dealer is now an Ivy League graduate. David Norman, a Harlem, New York City, native, spent many years of his life in and out of jail due to a past of selling drugs and battling substance abuse, and was incarcerated for manslaughter in 1995. But […]
This Poet's Chilling Take On Black Death Is Heartbreakingly True
Heavy is the head that wears the kinky, curly, coily crown of blackness in America. Poet Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib reminds his audience of this in his piece titled “That Crown Ain’t Worth Much.” Performed at the 2015 National Poetry Slam in Oakland, California, Willis-Abdurraqib talks about the hardships, tragedies and pain that many black people have to endure. […]