Bryan Fischer will say anything to legitimize his beliefs that gay people are cooties-having hedonists destined for a life of hell. Their greatest crime? Not…
According to a new study published in Pediatrics, 20 children a day are hospitalized for gunshot wounds in the United States. The study also found that…
Professors at San Francisco State University released a study titled “When an ‘Educated’ Black Man Becomes Lighter in the Mind’s Eye” exploring the concept of “skin tone bias. The study claims to provide evidence for the subconscious bias where educated black men are remembered as having lighter skin. The claim adds to the implication that […]
A study released by the journal of Crime and Delinquency shows that half of black men have been arrested by age 23, whereas only 38 percent of white men had been arrested by that age. By the age of 18, 30 percent of black males, 26 percent of Hispanic males, and 22 percent of white males […]
African-American men raised in single-parents households often have higher blood pressure than those raised by both parents, according to an American Heart Association study. SEE…
Singer Akon has a lot to say about relationships and monogamy. The 40-year-old singer, who hit with Konvicted in 2006, says that his polygamous relationships (he reportedly had five children with four wives as of 2007) are actually the norm and he’s just being upfront and honest about it. In 2007, his 23-year-old fiancee told the media […]
It’s Prostate Awareness Month and “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” is talking prostate health with Dr. Collier. Listen to the audio player to hear important information…
In the wake of the George Zimmerman trial verdict, the #YourLifeMatters campaign was created with young Black men in mind. We need to communicate to them that their…
When R&B artists Tyrese, Ginuwine and Tank combined forces for TGT, a new R&B supergroup, it was a shot of musical TNT that R&B needed. While each has had individual hits, the trio is counting on their combined starpower to bring old-school aR&B, currently suffering from a loss of prominence among musical genres, back to […]
The Sanford, Fla. police department’s sloppy handling of Trayvon Martin’s slaying isn’t the only example of how the lives of young black men are devalued in this society. Another example is the media’s fixation on his past; on whether his tweets, his street slang, or any of the stuff that black teenagers say or do […]
