Republicans propose that EBT recipients work or volunteer for their fair share Republican Congressman Steve Southerland of Florida revisited his proposal today to require able bodied adults to work or volunteer their services in order to receive EBT and SNAP benefits, FOX News reports. Wit... Read more...
... or Where Are We Really at War? This is not an article to demonize young Black men. This is an article to help stop the carnage in Black communities across America, to begin the process of rebuilding these communities and to re-engineer the lives of young Black men. Many young Black men fe... Read more...
A new call-to-action for businesses, non-profits, and government to provide pathways to employment for low-income and disconnected youth in the summer of 2012. Summer Jobs+ "America's young people face record unemployment, and we need to do everything we can to make sure they've got the op... Read more...
Are You Employable in 2012? Do you have community management skills? Can you set up and man listening posts? Are you an expert at setting up and processing Google Alerts? Can you cleanup, size and manipulate digital pictures and graphics? Are you a PowerPoint Ninja? Do you have more than half... Read more...
As school districts across the nation have scaled back instructional hours and moved to four-day weeks to balance their budgets, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is forging ahead with his push for a longer school day and year. And, though his plan is stirring controversy on many fronts, if implemented wel... Read more...
Disclaimer: Apologies to @Wale for my views and opinions regarding his new album #Ambition. The following views and opinions are all based on fact therefore this is a Review About the Truth. Who is this man? I don’t know Wale as an artist anymore. This album reminds me of the scenario when y... Read more...
Fourth Annual W.E.B Du Bois Lectures with Dr. Anthony Monteiro W.E.B Du Bois and the Crisis of Capitalism: What Must be Done This is the fourth annual W.E.B Du Bois Lectures which occur at a time of severe economic crisis, high unemployment and suffering. The f... Read more...
***This is a public service announcement*** Hello there, I’m Eric Blair; you might know me from the “Hot Love Drama” piece or “Black History daily knowledge” or an assortment of short stories brought to you on this website. Today I am coming to my readers, commentators, and spectato... Read more...