Leila Aquino will not have to serve time in jail after leaving her baby home alone while she went to
Poverty
If you see a determined man walking this weekend toward the nation’s capital, chances are it’s Terence Lester. Almost 54
There are few men like businessman and entrepreneur John Hope Bryant whose work and vision is truly local, national and
In this edition of Master Class with Master P, the hip-hop mogul discusses how to break generational poverty.
Activist and author Kevin Powell has written a gripping memoir that traces his life from childhood to present-day. The Education
The name Chiraq just kind of popped out of thin air. No one staked claim to it. Based on statistics
If you put a frog in a pot of boiling water he’ll jump out; however, if you put him in
America is a superpower and the richest country in the world, and yet there is extreme poverty in each state
Marie Holmes, 26, once worked at McDonald’s and Walmart to make ends meet. However, she eventually stopped working to take
An 18-year-old Chicago woman was shot in the head and allegedly survived because of her hair heave. According to reports
The holiday weekend proved to be a violent three days in the city of Chicago. According to “ABC 7” in
The nation celebrates Mother’s Day, but it’s important for us all to take time to think about the mothers who
Please share your responsibilities as the President/CEO of United Communities Against Poverty, Inc. As the President/CEO of United Communities Against
Fifty years ago this week, President Lyndon Johnson, lamenting that too many Americans “live on the outskirts of hope,” declared
After being shot, a 10-year-old girl waited five hours for treatment because her parents thought her blood was from her
Since the end of the Bush administration, we have seen poverty rates in America continue to rise. Last year, almost
A new report by Congressional Research Services notes that since the early 1980s, there has been a historically unprecedented increase
In this period of severe economic turmoil in the United States, blacks are bearing the brunt of the the pain
While many African Americans take issue with one of the most brilliant and self-assured minds of our time, Princeton University