For the third year running, an all-male charter school with students from Chicago’s roughest neighborhoods is sending its entire senior class to college. Urban Prep Academy reports that all 85 seniors graduating from the all-male preparatory school have been accepted to four-year colleges or ... Read more...
And boy, did he say a lot. Mayor Nutter gave a speech entitled Cities United: A Conversation about Deaths of African-American Males, in Tallahassee, FL. With the speech being in Floriday, of course Trayvon Martin was brought up (with Nutter calling his death an “assassination”), along with p... Read more...
This MUST stop... #NoMoreMarching Oscar Carrillo's 911 call was clear: Two young men just robbed him of his computer and backpack. At least one of them had a gun and it was pointed in Carrillo's face. Moments later, police caught up with two teens they believed were the thieves in a Pas... Read more...
It happened to Oscar Grant, It almost Happened to Askia Sabur & now it has happened to Trayvon Martin.. How many young lives will be enough? Heartbreaking tragedy: 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was visiting a relative's house in a Florida gated community when he walked to t... Read more...
“So, what ever happened to Alex?” How long did it take for you to ask me that? “What are you talkin’ ‘bout? It just popped into my mind, ya know?” You see this blank stare? Stop lying to me, please. Wait, real quick, I hate the saying “ya know.” Wha... Read more...
Seizure orders have been executed against 150 domain names of commercial websites engaged in the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and copyrighted works. The 150 seized domains are in the custody of the federal government. Visitors to the sites will now find a seizure banner that... Read more...
“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?” began one of the most famous of the classic radio mystery serials. “The Shadow knows!” If so, the Shadow is still the only one who does. Despite decades of advances in biometric technologies and neuroscience, investigators have at best on... Read more...
An African administrative chief uses Twitter to help solve problems and maintain order in his Kenyan village, showing another example of how social media has evolved beyond wired metropolises to reach even the most previously unconnected corners of the globe. Chief Francis Kariuki — or, @Chiefka... Read more...
While the UK government maintains its stance that the British web should remain open and uncensored, measures are to be introduced to ban cyber-criminals from the web. The UK’s cyber-security strategy released on Friday spells out the increased use of “cyber-sanctions”, where those who misu... Read more...