Everyone knows about The Drudge Report, the site that journalist and entrepreneur Matt Drudge created more than a decade ago. Everyone knows that The Drudge Report has an extraordinarily large readership, especially given the size of the team that produces it (maybe three people, including Drudge ... Read more...
After murders in Black communites, reading and math scores for Black students go down he Black-White achievement gap is alive and well in the United States. Take New York City as an example. According to a recent article in the New York Times, in the city’s 3rd-8th grades, 40% of... Read more...
If you love riding bikes and you’re a woman, you’re in for some bad news: It could be hurting your sexual health. It’s long been known that bike saddles, which put pressure on sensitive areas of the body, can harm the sexual performance of men, but cycling’s effect on the female anatomy w... Read more...
Eyka Stephens, a trainer in a program for teachers, dancing with a student, Roquan Greene, at Brick Avon Academy in Newark. (Photo by Richard Perry/The New York Times) Syidah O'Bryant scribbled notes in a composition book, trying to keep up with a lesson about why teenagers are so sleepy in the mor... Read more...
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29/03/2012,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in A Truth Moment,
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If we are going to interfere in the lives of others, a little due diligence is a minimum requirement A week and a half ago, I watched the Kony2012 video. Afterward, I wrote a brief seven-part response, which I posted in sequence on my Twitter account: Teju Cole @tejucole ... Read more...
Whenever someone thinks they have few bullet points of supreme wisdom that can save the world, sane people instantly roll their eyes. The insanely curious will, of course, be unable to stop themselves from reading on. You decide which you are. Here are three ways to save America’s Black boys: ... Read more...
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19/01/2012,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News,
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Google VP and Internet evangelist Dr. Vinton Cerf writes in the New York Times that Internet access isn’t a right - it’s just a tool towards enabling free speech. Dr. Vinton Cerf, a Google VP and its chief Internet evangelist, took to the pages of the New York Times late last week with a opinion... Read more...
Tell your lawmakers the truth about capital punishment! Innocent people on death row! The Pa Bar Association reported that we are at risk of executing an innocent person - this is not a risk that we should be willing to take. Six people have been released from Pa’s death row due to inno... Read more...