Recently, I started thinking of pragmatic ways to bridge the gaps of opportunity for Black males. Seeing that this is a free-market-based economy, with everything having value, I looked at it in terms of what our value really is to this country. That led me to wondering how much is invested in us to begin […]
It’s looking like it might be a long summer and for Black youth, and Congress isn’t making it any easier. That’s because House Republicans (y’know, always with Black boys as a priority) decided to vote down an increase to the minimum wage, which would have raised it to $10.10 an hour by 2016 and possibly set forth a change that could have created real earning potential for disadvantaged young people who […]
So much is said about black men in popular media. It seems like every time you look up there’s another study with a bleak outlook being…
Should I be submissive to my man? Not a chance! I’m an independent woman who doesn’t need a man to make me happy… Both of these statements are a bit cliche, but submission continues to be a topic amongst modern women. On the premiere episode of “Married To Medicine” season 2, we were introduced to […]
Fellas some of you seem to need a little help when it comes to finding the one you should be with for the rest of…
A Kenyan woman (pictured) who claims a man raped and infected her with HIV at a party recently admitted to sleeping with more than 300 men in revenge, the Kenyan Daily Post reports. SEE ALSO: Can Breast Cancer Cause Uterine Cancer? The woman, who remains anonymous, shared her story through her Facebook page “Kenyan Scandals.” […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – A man was shot during a fight over a woman in Akron over the weekend. It happened around 1 a.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of Wingfoot Way. The victim, Joseph Campbell, Jr., 21, was found with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. Officers arrested Melvin Prince, Jr., 22, and Christopher Cory Crenshaw, […]
Sorry fellas but we are about to tell the ladies some of your hidden secrets and you shouldn’t feel ashamed about it. Ladies don’t judge…
Blacks make up the majority of the nation’s population of those serving time in different prisons, whose budgets in several state have seen dramatic decreases. A lot has happened in the four years since the publication of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow, a landmark book that showed how the “war on drugs” […]
Tia Mowry is more than a brilliant actress and loving mom. She uses her fame as a vehicle for action and change. Tia joined us to continue the fight for justice in light of Trayvon Martin’s tragic death with our #YourLifeMatters campaign. With #YLM, we are asking celebrities to use their elevated platform to remind young men of color that […]
The White House released details of its “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative Thursday morning. The program to improve education and employment outcomes for minority male youths was announced earlier in the month but an official meeting to discuss details was postponed. Amid much anticipation for what the initiative might include, the Obama administration moved to […]
Ladies have you ever been standing across a room and happen to glance over at a man who is staring at you as well,but won’t…