Since the end of the Bush administration, we have seen poverty rates in America continue to rise. Last year, almost 1 in 6 people were living in poverty as long-term unemployment left millions of Americans out of work. New data
A new report by Congressional Research Services notes that since the early 1980s, there has been a historically unprecedented increase in the federal prison population. Consequently, this has aided the increase in disparities in incarceration rates by race in America
Recently, mainstream media outlets like Mother Jones and MSN Health have asserted that chicken can or may be giving people cancer. Most of which is based on several new studies, the first of which regards a recent admission by the
In nine days, the U.S. government enact automatic spending cuts due to what is called sequestration. Specifically speaking, the sequester refers to the drastic and severe budget cuts that are set to happen on March 1 if the White House
Just pretend for a moment that you are a registered voter and a citizen of a certain jurisdiction and your elected political leader openly acknowledges that he likes “big bootie freaks?” Well pretend no more, this is the reality for constituents of
In his annual winter letter published in the Emory University magazine, the school’s president James Wagner, attempted discuss the importance of compromise in politics, instead, he stuck his foot in his mouth. Wagner, Emory’s 19th president, is an award-winning teacher and scientist.
Recently just like NBA legend Michael Jordan, this writer also turned 50. And the strangest thing happened, although I am half way to 100, life has not ended or reduced in significance. Thus in honor of this, here is a
Americans watch a lot of television, with minority youth consuming way more “media” than white youth. To be more exact, black youth watch an average of 13 hours of media content a day compared with about 8 1/2 hours for
There are many brave men and women of African descent who have served in the United States military. But for some reason, the spotlight is never fixed on those in leadership throughout the hallowed halls of the Pentagon. These are the seven highest ranking
Each year, based on required financial statement and annual disclosure forms, the public has access to information about lawmakers’ assets and liabilities, including stock-market holdings, rental properties, checking accounts, credit card balances, student loans and other financial obligations. As a
As heavily reported by both the media and the White House, this week President Barack Obama will visit Israel. The scheduled stop in the Middle East has raised yet another red flag among human rights whistle-blowers, as some feel Obama’s policies
It seems that as each day passes, the more self-destructive the African American community becomes. From the violence in Chicago and our major urban areas to the despicable way we treat each other as shown on reality TV, there is
The more concerned Americans become with terror, the more freedom we give the government to infringe on our civil liberties. Just this week, President Obama implemented the Cyber Intelligence Sharing Protection Act, or CISPA, via executive order although it was killed
As of last year, the United States Congress had an approval rating of around 11 percent. The current Congress will probably go down in history as one of the most dysfunctional and ineffective groups in American history. In 2012, Congress
A new study recently published by the Las Vegas Review Journal paints a horrible picture of the Las Vegas Police Department in their interaction with minorities, particularly African Americans. The study, which was conducted under the leadership of Phillip Atiba
Although the imaginary fiscal cliff was avoided, there are some big issues left for President Obama to deal with pertaining to the economy. The most pressing is the debt ceiling. It is possible that the U.S. will go through a
President Barack Obama will make his 2013 State of the Union address to America tonight. We know he will touch on immigration reform, gun violence and maybe even LGBT rights, but what will he say to African Americans, specifically? He
The last time the Los Angeles Police Department was this tense was during the acquittal of the police officers who were seen on video beating the you know what out of a defenseless Rodney King. Now, some two decades later,
A new study just published has documented that first antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea cases have been detected in North America — a strain of gonorrhea that is immune to the last remaining effective oral antibiotic. It has been observed in at least
In this period of severe economic turmoil in the United States, blacks are bearing the brunt of the the pain effectuated by a lack of jobs and opportunity. Even prior to the downturn in the economy, the most problematic issue
