The dismal education statistics for young Black men are all too familiar, especially in cities like Camden, New Jersey, where poverty, crime and poor access to…
South Florida police claim that they shot and killed Jermaine McBean two years ago at his apartment complex in Orland Park because he ignored their…
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s top police officials, mayor and prosecutor sought to calm a “community on edge” Monday while investigating how a man suffered a fatal spine injury while under arrest. Six officers have been suspended, but investigators say they still don’t know how it happened. A week after Freddie Gray was pulled off the […]
Tasha Thomas, girlfriend of Wal-Mart shooting victim John Crawford III , has died in a car crash. Authorities say Tasha, 26 was a passenger in a…
When Ted Gustus was a boy, he found his mother dead, lying on the floor of their railroad flat in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant. In the background,…
As a mentor of African-American male youth in the community, one of the things I’m constantly looking for is information and resources. But whether…
Former Harlem Globetrotter veteran Kevin “Special K” Daley has moved on from the famed basketball squad after a decade, but he hasn’t stopped inspiring people. The 6’5 basketball player turned author has a new book out I Never Stopped Smiling that talks about his accomplishments both on and off the court. A native of Panama, […]
After Minneapolis news station KSTP ran story Thursday about the city’s Mayor Betsy Hodges it went viral in the worst kind of way. When Hodges posed with volunteer Navell Gordon of Neighborhoods Organizing For Change during a voter registration event, she was accused of throwing gang signs. Although Gordon readily admits he is a convicted felon, he is now […]
Last week, the United States Department of Labor released new jobs numbers for September. While Black unemployment decreased slightly, there has been growth in job…
Thanks to the Internet, there’s no shortage of graphic images that can illustrate almost any statistic that we can come up with. So lucky for…
This week, an American ritual will repeat itself. Something that within the past century has morphed into a rite of passage for armies of…
The “what’s wrong with Black males” chorus has been one long sung by the national media. Lengthy, well-reported articles in the Washington Post, The New…
