“The Real Thanksgiving” is a very important event that we ask you to post and also attend. Most of us have family from or in the Gullah/Geechee Nation’s corridor: “Down South” in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida areas. At this event, we will learn firsthan... Read more...
Mumia Abu Jamal: Lydia Barashango - Presente! Lydia Barashango, 64, a nurse and social worker who was the sister of Mumia Abu-Jamal, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, in Maryland of breast cancer. Friends said she had been living in Baltimore. Mrs. Barashango was a strong defender of her brother, the P... Read more...
Who want to rule the world with me? I ask this question because there hasn’t been a powerful African-American leader that captivates audiences since Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm-X, Huey Newton and the list goes on. I know there are people out there thinking, “What about Barack Obama or... Read more...
The Greater Philadelphia Local Organizing Committee will host the 16th Anniversary of the 1995 Million Man March on October 7-9 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where they hope to "re-energize, refocus and redirect the energy that was experienced and determined that day on the National Mall i... Read more...
It wasn't quite the Smackdown in Edgartown, but two leading figures in the national education debate politely collided here Thursday over the causes of failing schools and the best ways to rescue them. Michelle A. Rhee, the former D.C. schools chancellor whose take-no-prisoners stance shook up the ... Read more...
By: Abdul-Kareem Johnson Statistics constantly point out that the black income median is so much below the white. Less attention is paid to how much wealth is owned by blacks as compared to how much whites own in the country. The reasons for the disparity, of course, are clear and need not be... Read more...
011 ISSUE OF YES! MAGAZINE A white woman with gray hair pulled neatly into a bun raises her hand. She keeps it up, unwavering and rigid, as she waits patiently for her turn to speak. Finally, the microphone is passed to the back of the room, and she leaps to her feet. With an air of despe... Read more...
By: Marc Sims I believe the low-income neighborhood culture, or "the Hood" culture is impeding most African-American children from succeeding in school. This idea hit me when I was giving a career day presentation at a Chicago high school on the Southside. I told the students when my children were... Read more...
009 in the United States, Black household median wealth was $5,677 while White households are worth 20 times more at $113,149 At the present rate of closure, average Black households will never, EVER catch up to White households in wealth! The wealth gaps between whites and minorities have grow... Read more...