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  • Integrated and Equal? Reflections on Brown vs. Board Nearly 60 Years Later

    Integrated and Equal? Reflections on Brown vs. Board Nearly 60 Years Later

    On the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark case that struck down separate but equal and ushered in the era of integrated schools, I am reflecting on [...]

  • Why the Obama Administration Must Do More To Help Working-class Families on Housing

    Why the Obama Administration Must Do More To Help Working-class Families on Housing

    (America’s Wire)–By many accounts, the economy is prospering again and the housing market is on the road to recovery. But, reality is nowhere near as comforting as fiction, and the [...]

  • Black Women Role Models on TV: How Did We Get From Denise Huxtable to Evelyn Lozada?

    Black Women Role Models on TV: How Did We Get From Denise Huxtable to Evelyn Lozada?

    There’s an Internet meme featuring a 4-year-old Raven-Symoné as the character Olivia on “The Cosby Show.” The meme features various shots of Olivia telling people what to do or asking [...]

  • Star Power: Tonya Lewis Lee Launches New To Discuss Sexuality, Birth Control & Healthy Choices

    Star Power: Tonya Lewis Lee Launches New To Discuss Sexuality, Birth Control & Healthy Choices

    Candid and honest conversations on sexuality and birth control can be a difficult task for many women, especially with perceived societal roles. However, Tonya Lewis Lee, celerity health advocate and [...]

  • Study: Colleges Using Financial Aid to Woo The Wealthy While Leaving Low-Income Students Behind

    Study: Colleges Using Financial Aid to Woo The Wealthy While Leaving Low-Income Students Behind

    In their relentless pursuit of prestige and revenue, American private and public four-year colleges and universities are increasingly using financial aid to attract the best and most affluent students rather [...]

  • Mass Public School Closings: Good Fiscal Policy or Racist Austerity Measures?

    Mass Public School Closings: Good Fiscal Policy or Racist Austerity Measures?

    On Wednesday April 24, more than 100 hundred Chicago high school students boycotted the second day of their state standardized test to protest a plan that will close 54 schools [...]

  • Legislatures Face Off on Mandatory Paid Sick Leave

    Legislatures Face Off on Mandatory Paid Sick Leave

    Soon there will be fewer sick New Yorkers riding the subway, serving food in restaurants, or infecting their classmates, after the New York City Council decided last week to require [...]

  • West Africa Struggles to Fill Climate Gap

    West Africa Struggles to Fill Climate Gap

    Just two seasons exist here: the rainy and the dry. At the best of times, the temperamental rains come for three or four months and turn dusty plains into green [...]

 

  • Integrated and Equal? Reflections on Brown vs. Board Nearly 60 Years Later
  • Why the Obama Administration Must Do More To Help Working-class Families on Housing
  • Black Women Role Models on TV: How Did We Get From Denise Huxtable to Evelyn Lozada?
  • Star Power: Tonya Lewis Lee Launches New To Discuss Sexuality, Birth Control & Healthy Choices
  • Study: Colleges Using Financial Aid to Woo The Wealthy While Leaving Low-Income Students Behind
  • Mass Public School Closings: Good Fiscal Policy or Racist Austerity Measures?
  • Legislatures Face Off on Mandatory Paid Sick Leave
  • West Africa Struggles to Fill Climate Gap
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The Gun Control Tragedy: When Votes, Contributions Trump Saving Lives
03/May/2013 04:46

The Gun Control Tragedy: When Votes, Contributions Trump Saving Lives

We’ve witnessed a number of tragedies recently: the Boston Marathon Bombing, the explosion in West, TX, the earthquake in China, the plane crash that killed troops in Afghanistan. But there [...]

SOCIAL ISSUES

Integrated and Equal? Reflections on Brown vs. Board Nearly 60 Years Later0

Integrated and Equal? Reflections on Brown vs. Board Nearly 60 Years Later

On the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark case that struck down separate but equal and ushered in the era of integrated schools, I am reflecting on [...]

  • Mass Public School Closings: Good Fiscal Policy or Racist Austerity Measures?
  • West Africa Struggles to Fill Climate Gap
  • Cause of the Week: Ashesi University Builds Change Agents, Entrepreneurs
  • Central Park Five’s Korey Wise Opens Up About Wrongful Conviction

SOCIO-ECONOMICS

Why the Obama Administration Must Do More To Help Working-class Families on Housing0

Why the Obama Administration Must Do More To Help Working-class Families on Housing

(America’s Wire)–By many accounts, the economy is prospering again and the housing market is on the road to recovery. But, reality is nowhere near as comforting as fiction, and the [...]

  • Study: Colleges Using Financial Aid to Woo The Wealthy While Leaving Low-Income Students Behind
  • The Federal Minimum Wage Debate Rehashes Among Economists, Politicians
  • Study: Blacks, Latinos Pay More for Housing Than Whites
  • Matter of Money: Own or Rent, You Need a Place to Call Home

HEALTH & HARMONY

Legislatures Face Off on Mandatory Paid Sick Leave0

Legislatures Face Off on Mandatory Paid Sick Leave

Soon there will be fewer sick New Yorkers riding the subway, serving food in restaurants, or infecting their classmates, after the New York City Council decided last week to require [...]

  • Video of the Week: What’s Eating Black Women?
  • Life on Purpose: What Is a Parent?
  • Health Matters: “I Just Didn’t Want To Hear Any More Bad News…”
  • Ask Dr. Woods: A Divorcé’s New Love Wants Marriage; They Don’t

MOVERS & DOERS

Star Power: Tonya Lewis Lee Launches New To Discuss Sexuality, Birth Control & Healthy Choices0

Star Power: Tonya Lewis Lee Launches New To Discuss Sexuality, Birth Control & Healthy Choices

Candid and honest conversations on sexuality and birth control can be a difficult task for many women, especially with perceived societal roles. However, Tonya Lewis Lee, celerity health advocate and [...]

  • Grassroots Giver: “Room To Read” Brings Books to World’s Poorest Children
  • Grassroots Giver: L.A. Initiative Helps Formerly Incarcerated Young Black Males “BLOOM”
  • CASA Improves the Face of Foster Care Through Advocacy, Mentoring
  • NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Encourages STEM Education To Philly Students

SOUL LIFE

Documentary: In “Triggering Wounds”, A Young Man Struggles With Gun Violence0

Documentary: In “Triggering Wounds”, A Young Man Struggles With Gun Violence

Triggering Wounds tells the moving real-life story of a young man from Harlem coming to terms with the impact of gun violence on his life and his community. Scenes with [...]

  • Documentary: ‘Imagine a Future’ Examines & Celebrates Black Beauty, Self-Esteem
  • Documentary–’Little Music Manchild: The Malik Kofi Story’ Chronicles Child Prodigy
  • Bookshelf: “Revelations” Explores Why Blacks Leave the Law Profession, Church Politics
  • Documentary Captures The Struggles Many Face After Prison Release

VIEW POINT

Black Women Role Models on TV: How Did We Get From Denise Huxtable to Evelyn Lozada?0

Black Women Role Models on TV: How Did We Get From Denise Huxtable to Evelyn Lozada?

There’s an Internet meme featuring a 4-year-old Raven-Symoné as the character Olivia on “The Cosby Show.” The meme features various shots of Olivia telling people what to do or asking [...]

  • NRA Debate: Protection, Not Gun Rights
  • Motivational Monday: 3 Tips To Chase Away A Bad Case Of The Monday Blues
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