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So You Want to Talk About Race
By Ijeoma Oluo
In “So You Want to Talk About Race”, editor at large of The Establishment Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing head-on such issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the “N” word.
Fake Women’s Health Centers Reportedly Target Black Women
Emerging in different states trying to mislead women and give false information about reproductive health care options. Apparently, these fake health centers are out to get Black women specifically.
Read MoreFrom Rally to Power: The Civic Obligation of Young Black Leaders
Who would have thought that in less than 15 days, I would have to coordinate and manage 1,000 young, black student leaders from over 24 cities on 17 buses in the name of gun reform and safety?
Read MoreHistoric Madam C.J. Walker Building to Get $15.3M Restoration
It was once the headquarters of one of America’s first Black woman millionaires. Today, the Madam Walker Theatre Center, a cherished relic from a bygone era of Indianapolis black culture, is getting a major makeover.
Read MoreThe New F-Word And Its Type One Diabetes Connection
In examining the factors that influence the immune system, many environmental causes have been suggested over the past 20 years: diet, stress, sleep, and chemicals, to name a few.
Read MoreHenry Louis Gates Jr., Guest Speaker for Fayetteville State University’s 151st Founders’ Day
Gates will serve as guest speaker for Fayetteville State University’s (FSU) 151st Founders’ Day on April 5, 2018. The event will be held at 2 p.m. in J.W. Seabrook Auditorium on the FSU campus.
Read MoreNAACP Prince George’s County Sue Over Unconstitutional Census Preparations
The NAACP is committed to ensuring that the 2020 Census does not systematically undercount communities having large African-American populations …
Read MoreBaton Rouge Police Not Charged for Alton Sterling’s Killing
Alton Sterling was shot to death by two Baton Rouge police officers who were on top of him as he lay on the ground. He became the 122nd Black person to be killed by U.S. law enforcement in 2016.
Read MoreWatch Video of Powerful Speech At The March For Our Lives by Naomi Wadler
11-year old Naomi Wadler from Alexandria, Virginia said, “People have said that I am too young to have these thoughts on my own. People that have said I’m tool of some nameless adult. It’s not true.”
Read MoreSpecial Interests and the Indispensable Craft of the Politician
The best politicians understand that this requires inclusivity, that all groups in every part of the nation have to be taken into account, that many interests have to be balanced …
Read MoreThe Race Paper – Civil Rights Groups Sue Homeland Security over Targeted Surveillance
Forced release of the “Race Paper,” a secret government document that details the targeted surveillance of Black civil rights groups, like the Movement for Black Lives.
Read MoreStrongest of the Civil Rights Laws – The Fair Housing Act’s Unfinished 50-Year Journey
Unfortunately, 50 years of legal roots supporting fair housing has failed to deliver full justice. For many blacks and other people of color, fair housing today remains just as elusive as it was in 1968.
Read MoreValues of the Global Economy and Political Systems That Are Driving Civilization to Precipice
Those actively working to reform the current system are a bit like software engineers valiantly trying to fix multiple bugs in a faulty software program: each fix complicates the code, leading inevitably to a new set of bugs that require even more heroic workarounds.
Read More‘The Poor People’s Campaign’ Offers Antidote to a Impoverished War Economy
We need a Poor People’s Campaign to amplify the voices of regular folks above the lobby of militarized industry, a poisoned economy, to demand jobs in industries other than war-making
Read MoreMedicare for All – New Bill Aims to Curb Pain Caused by For-Profit System
Too many Americans have to battle with their insurance companies just to see their doctor or get a prescription filled – We need a healthcare system that puts patients first—not insurance companies.
Read More$1.3 Trillion Budget Rammed Through the Senate, Headed for More War-Making
Alarmed anti-war advocates are calling it “outrageous” that nearly half of the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending deal rammed through the Senate in the early morning hours of Friday is heading directly to the Pentagon.
Read MoreJohn Boyega Leads Pacific Rim Uprising Solid Sci-Fi Flick
Boyega’s empowering performance gets key support from his young, almost equally feisty sidekick, as played by Cailee Spaeny. You never doubt her grit, nor that this kid could be so brave.
Read MoreHonoring Luminary Black Achievers At 2018 American Black Film Festival
ABFF honors annually celebrates individuals of African descent who have made significant, distinguished contributions to American culture through their work in the industry, while saluting the preceding year’s best motion pictures and television shows.
Read MoreMeet the 29-Year Old Woman Who is Running the Largest Black-Owned Airline
Some of the challenges the company faced since it started operations are time management and delays. The company, with the help of Rexy, delved into the issue and eventually found favorable solutions.
Read MoreComedian Byron Allen Just Bought The Weather Channel for $300 Million!
People know Byron Allen as a funny comedian, but he is also a successful entrepreneur and media mogul as the CEO/owner of Entertainment Studios, Inc., one of the largest independent producers and distributors of film and television.
Read MoreVideo Released Showing Sacramento Police Shooting Unarmed Black Man 20 Times
Officers say they thought the man, 22-year old Stephon Clark, had a gun, but after he was killed, they determined that he was only holding a cell phone. The Sacramento Police Department has finally released the audio and video footage.
Read MoreVoter Suppression Tactics: Is it Partisan?
The right to vote is essential to the existence of the United States as a free and open society and shouldn’t be viewed in a partisan prism. The right to vote should be an issue of citizenship, not partisanship. Unfortunately, voter suppression appears to be a partisan pursuit.
Read MoreStudents Demand End to NRA’s Stranglehold, Stronger Democracy Key to Gun Control
The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) influence over Washington goes well beyond campaign contributions to specific legislators, according to the study, titled “Power Shift: How People Can Take On the NRA.”
Read MoreMake Your Public Comment: Stop the Trump Administration From Putting Religion Above Health
Religious liberty is not a license to discriminate and harm. Yet Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services wants to let health care providers use their religious beliefs to justify turning away patients in need.
Read MoreNAACP to Join With Students From Across the Nation for Saturday’s March for Our Lives
This coming Saturday, March 24, the Youth and College Division of the NAACP will join hands with the children, youth and families of the newly formed #NeverAgain movement and Everytown for Gun Safety.
Read More10 Billion Reasons to Attend the 4th Quarter Readiness Small Business Conference
The 4th Quarter Readiness Small Business Conference will provide two action-filled days of learning, networking, engaging leaders in Federal contracting, and exhibitions.
Read MoreTop 10 Scholarship Programs That Every Black Woman Should Know About
Scholarship programs around the world help students obtain much-needed financial aid. Many of these programs, however, are specifically for women. And some of them are just for Black and other minority women.
Read MoreTeens Take Their Youth Empowerment Tour on the Road to Empower, Inspire and Educate
“Youth Empowerment Tour” creating a forum where the youth can openly address the many issues that affect their communities, schools, and households every day.
Read More‘Post-Racial or Most-Racial?’ Racial Attitudes and Their Effects on Modern American Politics
By Michael Tesler
Michael Tesler shows how, in the years that followed the 2008 election—a presidential election more polarized by racial attitudes than any other in modern times—racial considerations have come increasingly to influence many aspects of political decision making.
Butterfield and NC NAACP Supports ‘Call to Colors’ To Achieve One Hundred Percent Civic Engagement at HBCUs – Part III
Congressman G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1) And Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman, president of the NC NAACP have joined black leadership in NC endorsing the Time for Colors civic engagement action plan.
Read MorePrince Hall Masons Support Civic Engagement Action Plan a ‘Call to Colors’ Part II
A non-partisan civic engagement action plan to register to vote 100% of eligible students on North Carolina HBCU campuses in the 2018 midterms this fall by engaging fraternities, sororities, and student organizations.
Read MoreLeaders Endorse Civic Engagement Action Plan a ‘Call to Colors’ Part I
With crucial 2018 mid-term elections looming large, and 2020 presidential and gubernatorial contests not long after, leaders in North Carolina are joining together to implement a non-partisan civic engagement action plan, Time for Colors, to promote 100% voter registration at HBCUs.
Read MoreFormer Executive Director Of North Carolina NAACP Challenges Incumbent Price for U.S. House of Representatives
Rev. Dr. Michelle Laws will make history as the 3rd African American and woman of color to represent North Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Read MoreWhat We Can Learn from Indigenous Women at the Ballot Box
With the first year of Trump’s presidency behind us and midterm elections fast approaching, progressive women are faced with the looming question of what comes next. How can we go beyond resistance to advance our progressive vision, especially in this difficult moment in history when the right is on the rise?
Read MoreCambridge Analytica Scandal Is a Drop in the Bucket not the Big Picture
Cambridge Analytica story is missing out on the big picture. The scale of the operation was only possible because Facebook has too much data about too many people. The company managed to get hold of millions of data points of very sensitive data from Facebook users.
Read MoreAmerican Political Strategist Donna Brazile: Engaging African American-owned Media – the Forefront of Change
“You are carving out stories that the mainstream [media] won’t. You’ve been at the forefront of change, even before change was in vogue,” Brazil said. “That’s why I’ve always supported the Black Press.”
Read MoreNAACP Joins Campaign to Increase Affordable Housing across America
The NAACP, the nation’s foremost civil rights organization, has joined a coalition of other social justice organizations to push for more affordable housing policies across the country through the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign.
Read MoreU.S. Supreme Court Upholds Pennsylvania Congressional District Map
In a 5-2 vote in January along party lines, the Democratic-majority state Supreme Court ruled the Republican-controlled legislature designed the old boundaries to hurt Democratic voters, violating their constitutional rights.
Read MoreBank Executive Brian Lamb Named as Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America
Lamb is responsible for line-of-business oversight of wealth and asset management, including private banking, Fifth Third securities, fiduciary services, investments, institutional services, and insurance.
Read MoreDr. Lawrence Rouse Named Distinguished College President
Dr. Lawrence Rouse, President of James Sprunt Community College, was awarded the 2018 Distinguished College President Administrator Award by the Phi Theta Kappa Carolinas Region during the 2018 annual convention …
Read MoreSchools Shouldn’t Wait for Red Flags to Address Student Mental Health Needs
One out of every 4 or 5. That’s how many students will display a significant mental health problem over the course of their lifetime. Such students can be identified early with considerable accuracy.
Read MoreYou’re Probably Paying More for Your Car Loan or Mortgage Than You Should
Most of us shop until we drop for price bargains on clothes, computers or virtually anything else. With the internet, finding the best deal among products and companies is easier than ever.
Read MoreEducational Reform – Why Big Bets Haven’t Fixed the Us School System
It’s a familiar storyline. Again and again, policymakers and philanthropists have teamed up to reform public education, only to find that their bold projects have fallen short.
Read MoreThe Myth of Equality: Uncovering the Roots of Injustice and Privilege
By Ken Wytsma
Yet if one were to ask a majority of white Americans, especially within the Church, about white privilege, most will get defensive and unwilling to even confront the reality of the issue.
Blacks in the Military: We Must Defend Those Who Defend Us
By Attorney Ben Crump – I have spent my career working to bring justice to African Americans and all people of color, just as Colonel Young spent his life dispelling common myths about what blacks were capable of …
Read MoreStudent Walkouts Are Happening. Now What?
By providing a framework for young people in the discussion of their societal concerns, educators model the path to active participation in our democracy. Students are following these events in real-time …
Read MoreSpiritually Speaking: The Fight Is Fixed, You Won
Hence, there is real meaning in the refrain, “The fight is fixed.” Practically speaking, take another look at your situation with the fundamental truth that you’ve already won and then go forward.
Read MoreBlack Women Leadership – Power Rising Conference Featured the Best and Brightest
The future must always be greater than the present, or there has been no progress. And, in the words of Frederick Douglas, “progress concedes nothing without a demand.”
Read MoreBlack Press Honors Senator Kamala Harris with 2018 Newsmaker of the Year Award
As San Francisco’s district attorney, Harris worked to reduce recidivism by offering nonviolent, low-level drug trafficking defendants job training and other life skills education …
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The Third Reconstruction: Political Accountability
Many of you are quite familiar with “disparity studies” – creating more and better jobs and economic opportunities for black citizens and communities is essential for a successful reconstruction.
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