Selling out at its best... ROCAWEAR After shaking rumors of filing for bankruptcy and airing their first-ever commercial during the NCAA championship game, Jay-Z's clothing brand, Rocawear, has announced a business partnership with the famed New York Yankees. Details of the partnership have ye... 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...
On March 5, 2012, the online publication The Daily reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture was making available to school districts ground beef containing, collectively, 7 million pounds of so-called “pink slime” (or lean, finely textured beef – “LFTB”) for use in schoo... Read more...
The billboard wars between atheists and believers have raged for years now, especially around New York City, and a national atheist group is poised to take the battle a step further with billboards in Muslim and Jewish enclaves bearing messages in Arabic and Hebrew. American Atheists, a... Read more...
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29/03/2012,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in A Truth Moment,
African-American Awareness,
Do The Knowledge,
Dont Believe The Hype,
Freeing Slaves,
News,
Politics As Usual,
World News
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...
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28/03/2012,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in A Truth Moment,
African-American Awareness,
Black People
00 African men, women and children have lain beneath the busy streets of New York for 300 years, waiting to tell their stories on the extent of slavery in the city. In March 1992, leading African-America archaeologist Michael Blakey arrived at the burial ground in downtown Manhattan. "I had... Read more...
Outrage over the Trayvon Martin shooting is spreading as marchers took to the streets in New York City and Miami demanding the arrest of the shooter, neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Three weeks ago, the unarmed Martin was shot in a gated subdivision outside of Orlando by Zimmerman,... Read more...
From direct community programs to compelling video presentations, there are a growing number of initiatives aimed at uplifting Black male youth. In the period since the nation was rocked by the economic recession, nothing has been as heartbreaking to observe as its impact on the employment prospe... 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...