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EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was first published on HuffingtonPost.com on April 9, 2012. Dear Trayvon, I have been captivated by your story ever since I first caught wind of it in February. Like your parents, and countless other Americans, I want justice for you and the life that you will never get to live. I […]

So much for the over-hyped notion of a post-racial America: It’s open season on black men. Black America took an emotional gut punch Saturday night after George Zimmerman was found not guilty of racially profiling unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and then gunning him down on a rainy street on February 26, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. […]

Like a lot of moms around the country at this time of year, I was physically separated from two boys on the night I wanted to hug them more than anything else in the world. When the George Zimmerman verdict came in on Saturday, I knew they were safe and snug at their grandparent’s house […]

  My God, do these House Republicans not know when to take the L and move on to the next? The answer is no. On…

Mark O’Mara, the no-nonsense attorney for George Zimmerman, took his defense of Zimmerman out of the courtroom this week and deliberately infused race in a trial where racial profiling remains an emotionally explosive issue. O’Mara is trying hard to drum up support for Zimmerman in the court of public opinion, but I’m not buying it. […]

The Hit TV show “Scandal,” Tyler Perry’s “The Haves and Have Nots,” and Gabrielle Union’s BET made-for-TV movie “Being Mary Jane,” all feature beautiful black women in adulterous relationships. Coincidence? Nah, I don’t think so. And as judgmental as people can be about infidelity, it is something everyone can relate to on some level.  And […]

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In some ways Paula Deen has done what a person should do who wants forgiveness. But she veered terribly wrong when she expected that forgiveness from human beings would be immediate. The process of forgiveness seldom works that way in this world because there are too many layers of healing to get through to get […]

Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of…

I believe Tracy Martin. In an emotional testimony Monday, Martin took the witness stand in the trial of George Zimmerman, the self-proclaimed neighborhood watch captain accused of murdering Martin’s unarmed son, Travyon, on a rainy night in Sanford, Florida last year. Zimmerman’s attorneys called Martin to the stand after a law enforcement officer testified Monday […]

Life & Style

Ever since I have started the WE MATTER Movement, I have been blessed with extraordinary opportunities to share my message. So instead of writing an article this week, I decided to share an extraordinary interview I did with Towanna Freeman, CEO of Black Life Coaches. We have a very candid, passionate, and fun conversation about […]

  Miami’s own DJ IRIE hosted his 9th Annual three-day action-packed charity weekend from Thursday June 27th to Saturday  June 29th. Things kicked off with…

When it comes to our use of the English language, it seems that black people just can’t win, no matter what end of the mastery spectrum we fall on. This past week Rachel Jeantel, the last person to talk to murdered teenager Trayvon Martin, took the stand in the trial of George Zimmerman, a watchman […]