Monthly Archives: February 2012

A new study paints a bleak portrait of the unemployment landscape faced by young black men in New York City.   The headline of the report, filed by the Community Service Society of New York reads, “Only One in Four Young Black Men in New York City Have a Job.”   The study finds that [...]

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The U.S. government seized the domain of a small but influential music blog a year ago under charges that look pretty bogus, then kept it under lock and key for more than a year, according to this completely outrageous story by Mike Masnick at Techdirt. Around Thanksgiving 2010, the Department of Homeland Security seized more [...]

The housing crisis hit Hispanics and blacks much harder than it did whites! As Congress and the White House wrestle whether to raise taxes for the wealthiest Americans, a new analysis of Census data shows that the wealth gaps between whites and blacks and Hispanics widened dramatically during the recession. The analysis by the Pew [...]

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African American scholarships are out there, as are African American college grants. A college education isn’t confined to what is contained in your textbook or how much extra credit you can get for completing side projects or doing research for a professor. A postsecondary education allows students to step out of their hometown comfort zone and [...]

A writer discovers a top-secret drug which bestows him with super human abilities. Director: Neil Burger Actors: Abbie Cornish/ Anna Friel/ Bradley Cooper/ Robert De Niro Genres: Action/ Adventure/ Animation/ Mystery/ Thriller   Release Date: March 18,2011 [...]

Unless she looks like THIS… he didnt do it.. Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. (Grand Rapids) was sentenced today to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to reduced battery domestic violence and harassment charges before a Las Vegas judge. The 34-year-old Mayweather also was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service and pay a $2,500 fine. [...]

This interview was originally broadcast on 010. Decoded is now available in paperback. Long before he sold 50 million records worldwide — and before he appeared alongside Warren Buffett on the cover of Fortune magazine, accumulated 10 Grammy Awards and became the CEO of his own record label — Jay-Z was living with his mom [...]

Children who live with smokers miss more school due to illness than those who live in households with non-smokers, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics. Researchers analyzed data from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey that tracked, among other things, how many days of school children aged 6 to11 missed and [...]

Consistency is key… So here we are again. Another Wednesday, Another Podcast. Welcome back 7 listeners (7 is our imaginative exaggeration)… & Malaika. This week’s podcast was narrated by Samuel L Jackson like Jeezy’s movie… or not, but it is a pretty good one nonetheless. We had the unusual suspects:Spit x Kevin Golden x DJ Nastee Naj  x Mr. Blair  x Queen MKS  x this week [...]

Hundreds of supporters of the imprisoned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal gathered on Friday in Philadelphia to mark the 30th anniversary of his arrest for the killing of a white police officer. The event occurred just two days after Philadelphia prosecutors announced they will no longer seek the death penalty for Abu-Jamal. On Friday, Abu-Jamal, a former [...]