Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Ballin Out of Control.....African Prince Has $2 million Maserati and Private Jet Seized by the Feds
Prof. Byron Price has a lot to say about the prison industrial complex and how to fix it.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Dr. Boyce: Why Would Pepper Spray Be Used on Middle School Kids? Understanding the School-to-Prison Pipeline
A school in Norfolk is under the spotlight after some middle school kids were pepper sprayed. Black Scholars Dr. Boyce Watkins and Dr. Byron Price discuss the issue.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Optimum Launches the "Less Talk, More Action Empowerment Tour"
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Optimum Launches the “Less Talk…More Action” Economic Empowerment Tour Sponsored by George Soros Open Society Institute
On October 27th, 2011 in direct response to economic hardships faced by the Black and Hispanic communities as a result of a lagging economy, The Optimum Institute of Economic Empowerment (“OIEE”) will launch its economic empowerment tour entitled “Less Talk…More Action”. While going through as many as 13 cities with the possibility of adding more, Ryan Mack (President of OIEE, Author, and National Media Commentator) has galvanized a dynamic team of world renowned experts to create tangible solutions to multifaceted economic hardships that continue to plague minority communities.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Herman Cain Says the Liberals Killed Jesus
Herman Cain is back in the news again with yet another interesting and controversial statement. Is he truly presidential material?
Charges Dropped Against Cornel West After Recent Arrest
Looks like Cornel West won't be going to jail after all. Now, he can continue doing his thing.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Cornel West and Tavis Smiley Talk Poverty in DC
by Kirsten West-Savali, Your Black World
Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West continue to draw fire from critics for their Poverty Tour, which many consider a personal attack against President Barack Obama and his loud silence on poverty in the United States.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Duchess Harris: Kathryn Stockett Is Not My Sister and I Am Not Her Help
by Professor Duchess Harris, PhD, JD
I did not attend Wednesday’s movie release of “The Help” from DreamWorks Pictures, based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett. Why, you ask? Because I read the book.
Last week New York Times op-ed columnist Frank Bruni saw an advance screening of the movie and referred to it as “…a story of female grit and solidarity — of strength through sisterhood.” He wrote, “The book’s author, Kathryn Stockett, told me that she felt that most civil rights literature had taken a male perspective, leaving ‘territory that hadn’t been covered much.’” What neither Bruni nor Stockett acknowledge is that the real territory remaining uncovered is civil rights literature written by the Black women who experienced it.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
NCAA Athletes Start a New Season with No Labor Rights, No Compensation and No Help for Their Families
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University – Scholarship in Action
NCAA athletics has become the new prohibition – the illogical construct that creates a destructive underground economy because leadership is being guided by an illusion of what should be, rather than confronting the NCAA for what it really is: a professional sports league. Some of our most highly educated figures within academia are forced to convince themselves that a multi-billion dollar sports entertainment behemoth should be able to get away with not paying its primary employees.
Home Ownership Hits Lowest Levels Since 1965
By JasmineHughes
According to a recent Morgan Stanley report, the United States is fast becoming a nation of renters. As the foreclosure crisis continues to gain momentum homeownership is reaching its lowest numbers in almost 5 decades.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Dr. Julianne Malveaux: S&P Downgrade is Beginning of the End
by Dr. Julianne Malveaux
When S&P downgraded the US bond rating from AAA to AA+, they formalized the financial buzz of months, if not years. The US is going to hell in a hand basket, replicating the denouement of England in the mid-twentieth century. Our tax structure, which rewards the rich and punishes the middle class, looks like something from a developing country, and our economic distribution is going to look like that soon, as well. While many are disappointed and outraged that the flawed S&P felt they could involve themselves in the internal meat grinder of US politics by demanding a certain level of spending cuts, the bottom line is that our politicians were willing to take us to the brink on the debt ceiling, and this brinkmanship does not bode well for fiscal stability.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Fox News Calls President Obama’s Birthday Party a “Hip-Hop Barbecue that Didn’t Create Jobs”
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University – Scholarship in Action
It appears that Fox News is at it again. The same network that has commentators like Eric Bolling, who asked why President Obama was "inviting so many hoods to the hizzy" referenced his 50th birthday party as a "Hip-Hop Barbecue."
Friday, August 5, 2011
What to Make of Black Women Playing Maids and Other Stereotypes in Hollywood?
by Renee Greene, Your Black World
“The Help” opens in theaters August 10.
In the midst of new millennium accusations of racism in Hollywood, and with the “underhiring” of blacks in the movie world for major A-list roles, it appears that black actresses can still find roles forged out of perpetually stereotypical characters. The Help, a best-selling novel-gone-silver-screen, is centered on the lives of Aibileen and Minny, two black maids living in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960s. The maids are portrayed by African American actresses Viola Davis andOctavia Spencer.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Nobel Prize Winning Economist Says that the Debt Ceiling Deal was a Disaster
Your Black World reports.
Princeton University Professor and Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman expressed his concerns about the recent debt ceiling deal between President Obama and the Republicans. Krugman said that the president effectively caved in to threats from the Republicans, and gave them what they wanted.
Black Men Get Decades, but Ivy League Dope Dealer Gets Probation
By JasmineHughes
It is no secret that Blacks have been on the short end of fair treatment in legal sentencing for decades. Since the establishment of mandatory minimums and three-strike laws under the leadership of the late Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, African-Americans have essentially been thrown under the prisons. READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY →
Sunday, July 31, 2011
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Friday, July 29, 2011
Dr. Wilmer Leon: Debt Compromise on the Backs of African Americans is Really an Historical Trend
By
Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III
During this debt and deficit debate President Obama has been very clear in stating, “Not only is it not fair if all this is done on the backs of middle-class families,” Obama said, “it doesn’t make sense. … That’s why people from both parties have said the best way to take on our deficit is with a balanced approach … one where wealthy Americans and corporations pay their share, too.” It appeared as though closing tax loopholes and increased revenues coming from the “…oil company or a corporate jet owner that’s doing so well …” was not a point of compromise.
Malcolm X’s Daughter Gets 5 Years Probation for Robbing the Elderly
Ayvaunn Penn, Your Black World
For previous report click here.
It is probably safe to say that Malikah Shabazz is not upholding the image of her father, Malcolm X. At the age of 46, X’s youngest daughter has been sentenced to 5 years of probation for stealing $55,000 from an elderly woman by charging on credit cards in the woman’s name. Shabazz is required by the courts to pay off the debt in full. If she fails to do so, she could get up to 7 years behind bars.NYDailyNews.comreports:
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Are Black Rappers to Blame When a White Rapper Uses the N-Word?
How Prisons are the Latest Form of Slavery
Basketball Wife Tami Roman Gets into a Massive Car Accident
13-Year Old Boy Shot 8 Times by Chicago Police
What Should Be the Punishment for Touching a Black Woman’s Hair without Permission?
Yvette Carnell: Is Al Sharpton Owned by Corporate Ameri
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