Skateboard legend Chad Muska was arrested on felony vandalism charges July 13. Los Angeles police were summoned to the Roosevelt Hotel after Muska was detained
Fascism is a political philosophy that places the nation and often race above the individual and directs a tendency toward strong autocratic control without query.
One of the most valuable concepts taught by African Americans to their children was the belief that education and reading was essential for liberty, freedom
Rodney King has been arrested again for driving under the influence. Police did not reveal which substance is to blame for this recent indiscretion, but
The fifth day of negotiations between congressional caucuses and the White House ended with no movement toward increasing the debt ceiling or reigning in the
“Open Sesame” is my favorite song of all times. It is how summer came to be important to me. Who would have known that Kool
President Obama’s chief Republican detractor, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, has proposed a plan to raise the debt ceiling. The plan will make the president
You may remember the 2003 University of Chicago study by Devah Pager that sent young white and black “testers” with randomly assigned “felony convictions” to
As of late, President Barack Obama has received heavy criticism from a number of sources including outspoken rapper Lupe Fiasco. And while many feel that
The attack on African American females, from the predatory practices of politicians to the disrespect proffered by music videos and some hip-hop music, continues to
When No Child Left Behind (NCLB) became law a decade ago, education reformers around the country collectively exhaled. Finally, many of them believed, a policy
Laura Adiele already had gone through the advanced imaging system that is supposed to thoroughly screen passengers for metallic and nonmetallic threats when she was
As Obama struggles with the debt, social injustice is swept under the rug.
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alice Walker risked her life this week to join a flotilla of boats on a humanitarian mission to Gaza, and she compared
Casey Anthony was scheduled to be released from jail in six days on Wednesday, July 13, 2011, according to a breaking report on “In Session”
Just weeks after receiving an honorary doctorate in education from the University of the Free State in South Africa, Oprah Winfrey has now announced plans
Thus far, in the New World, African Americans have been able to survive the voyage during the Middle Passage, slavery, lynchings, Jim Crow and second-class citizenship in America.
While much of the nation is in an uproar over Casey Anthony’s verdict, the injustice continues to occur in America. Tyell Morton could spend nearly
It’s safe to say that most of us love to hear of a success story of someone who came from nothing and made something of
Five members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. had a dream to erect a memorial, among presidents on the National Mall, to, posthumously, honor their
