Chicago vs. Chiraq: It’s not Spike Lee’s fault
The name Chiraq just kind of popped out of thin air. No one staked claim to it. Based on statistics as it relates to the
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The name Chiraq just kind of popped out of thin air. No one staked claim to it. Based on statistics as it relates to the
If you put a frog in a pot of boiling water he’ll jump out; however, if you put him in a pot of cold water and slowly increase the temperature, he adjusts to the increasing heat until his system can no longer compensate. Then, stressed and overwhelmed with what he has endured, he dies. The frog will stay in the increasingly unhealthy, dangerous situation because it happened gradually over time and he ignored his natural ability to sense the danger and get out of the situation. Are African Americans behaving like this frog?
America is a superpower and the richest country in the world, and yet there is extreme poverty in each state of the Union. Whether it
Marie Holmes, 26, once worked at McDonald’s and Walmart to make ends meet. However, she eventually stopped working to take care of her four kids,
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An 18-year-old Chicago woman was shot in the head and allegedly survived because of her hair heave. According to reports by NBC Chicago, Chantal Hammontree
The holiday weekend proved to be a violent three days in the city of Chicago. According to “ABC 7” in Chicago, at least 60 people
Please share your responsibilities as the President/CEO of United Communities Against Poverty, Inc. As the President/CEO of United Communities Against Poverty, Inc. my role is
Fifty years ago this week, President Lyndon Johnson, lamenting that too many Americans “live on the outskirts of hope,” declared an “unconditional war on poverty
After being shot, a 10-year-old girl waited five hours for treatment because her parents thought her blood was from her period. According to reports by
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
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.
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
While many African Americans take issue with one of the most brilliant and self-assured minds of our time, Princeton University scholar and professor Cornel West,
Mayor Booker issued an unusual challenge after a Twitter beef.
Are these youths gun-wielding monsters because they want to be? Or are they desperate and out of options?
By Tami Luhby @CNNMoneySeptember 20, 2012: 7:39 AM ET Click on the map to see poverty and income levels in your state. NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
It is obvious that for both political parties, the debate regarding abortion is significant. The Democrats and GOP both think they’ve figured out how to
According to recent statistics, roughly 1.6 million children were homeless last year. By homeless, we mean they were living on “the street, in homeless shelters
