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  • Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences Cause Controversy

    Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences Cause Controversy

    Federal prosecutors call mandatory minimum sentences one of their best tools in the war against illegal drugs. The sentences usually call for years of prison time depending on the quantity [...]

  • Ending AIDS: Scientists Step Closer to Major HIV Prevention Method

    Ending AIDS: Scientists Step Closer to Major HIV Prevention Method

    A U.S. government panel has recommended the use of a once daily pill to help prevent HIV infection. The pill has been shown to be very effective in studies. The [...]

  • Nearly 4 Million U.S. Seniors, Mostly Black and Latino, Are Food Insecure

    Nearly 4 Million U.S. Seniors, Mostly Black and Latino, Are Food Insecure

    After struggling with rising food costs, Albert and Ola, retired neighbors in N.E. Washington DC, began attending a community outreach program through Feeding America to supplement their fixed incomes. They [...]

  • Mission Accomplished: Black Conductor Courts Diverse Audience

    Mission Accomplished: Black Conductor Courts Diverse Audience

    As one of the few openly gay, African-American conductors in the United States Michael Morgan is a rarity in the world of classical music. He has been music director of [...]

  • Savvy Spender: Ways to Supplement Your Child’s Education

    Savvy Spender: Ways to Supplement Your Child’s Education

    We often hear about the “cycle of poverty” which in layman’s terms means poor parents beget poor children.  It seems, at least to me, that it is a commonly held [...]

  • Documentary: Only When I Dance

    Documentary: Only When I Dance

    Only When I Dance is the story of two teenagers trying to realize an extraordinary dream. One girl and one boy, both black and poor, are planning to dance their [...]

  • Motivational Monday: 4 Things to Do When You Do Not Know What to Do

    Motivational Monday: 4 Things to Do When You Do Not Know What to Do

    Some people seem like they were born with life all figured out in brilliant detailed fashion. Do you know someone like that? It looks like they stay two steps ahead [...]

  • Grassroots Giver: Yoga Activist

    Grassroots Giver: Yoga Activist

    What comes to mind when you think about yoga? Do you imagine a woman performing controlled breathing exercises while doing seemingly impossible poses with so much ease? If so, then [...]

 

THIS WEEK: MAY/2012

  • Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences Cause Controversy
  • Ending AIDS: Scientists Step Closer to Major HIV Prevention Method
  • Nearly 4 Million U.S. Seniors, Mostly Black and Latino, Are Food Insecure
  • Mission Accomplished: Black Conductor Courts Diverse Audience
  • Savvy Spender: Ways to Supplement Your Child’s Education
  • Documentary: Only When I Dance
  • Motivational Monday: 4 Things to Do When You Do Not Know What to Do
  • Grassroots Giver: Yoga Activist
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From the Publisher: Can Crowdfunding Stimulate Black Businesses, Jobs & Wealth?
02/May/2012 10:30

From the Publisher: Can Crowdfunding Stimulate Black Businesses, Jobs & Wealth?

Earlier this year when Eric Migicovsky was looking for money to fund Pebble, his concept watch that works like a smartphone, he used the popular crowdfunding site Kickstarter. So far, [...]

SOCIAL ISSUES

Are Educators Showing a ‘Positive Bias’ to Minority Students?0

Are Educators Showing a ‘Positive Bias’ to Minority Students?

Remember that teacher you grumbled about back in your school days, the really tough one who made you work so hard, insisted you could do better, and made you sweat [...]

  • Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences Cause Controversy
  • For Minority Kids, Preschool Narrows Education Gap
  • Scholars Say ‘Unconscious Bias’ Leads to Discrimination
  • ALEC: On a Mission to Dismantle Public Education

SOCIO-ECONOMICS

5 Things to Know About Single Mothers in Poverty0

5 Things to Know About Single Mothers in Poverty

Last Sunday, America celebrated Mother’s Day. It is also an opportunity to reflect on the challenges facing some of the mothers struggling the most out there—single mothers living in poverty—and [...]

  • Savvy Spender: Ways to Supplement Your Child’s Education
  • How HBCUs Can Increase Alumni Donation Rates
  • CBCF’s SHOW Helps College Students to Manage Finances
  • How Student Debt Impacts Students of Color

HEALTH & HARMONY

Ending AIDS: Scientists Step Closer to Major HIV Prevention Method0

Ending AIDS: Scientists Step Closer to Major HIV Prevention Method

A U.S. government panel has recommended the use of a once daily pill to help prevent HIV infection. The pill has been shown to be very effective in studies. The [...]

  • Nearly 4 Million U.S. Seniors, Mostly Black and Latino, Are Food Insecure
  • Motivational Monday: 4 Things to Do When You Do Not Know What to Do
  • Life on Purpose: A Matter of Self Respect
  • Top 3 Diseases Killing Black Women…And How to Prevent Them

MOVERS & DOERS

Mission Accomplished: Black Conductor Courts Diverse Audience0

Mission Accomplished: Black Conductor Courts Diverse Audience

As one of the few openly gay, African-American conductors in the United States Michael Morgan is a rarity in the world of classical music. He has been music director of [...]

  • Grassroots Giver: Yoga Activist
  • Q&A With Black and Missing Co-Founder Natalie Wilson
  • Grassroots Giver: Quincy Lucas Helps Victims of Domestic Violence After Losing Her Sister
  • Grassroots Giver: DreamsWorks, Inc., Inspires Youth Through Art

SOUL LIFE

Global: African Designer, Scientist Create Anti-Malaria Garment That Wards Off Bugs0

Global: African Designer, Scientist Create Anti-Malaria Garment That Wards Off Bugs

A Cornell University scientist and designer from Africa have together created a fashionable hooded bodysuit embedded at the molecular level with insecticides for warding off mosquitoes infected with malaria, a [...]

  • Documentary: Only When I Dance
  • In Conversation with Music: A Creative Session with Columbia Nights
  • Documentary: Calypso Rose–Lioness of the Jungle
  • Murals Brighten Baltimore Neighborhood

VIEW POINT

Jungleland? Community Activist Rejects NY Times Depiction of Ninth Ward0

Jungleland? Community Activist Rejects NY Times Depiction of Ninth Ward

The New York Times Magazine recently ran a story on my home, the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, a place one of the most powerful newspapers in the world [...]

  • There’s only one winner here
  • Safe Harbor for the Homeless
  • Motivational Monday: A Moment of Interactive Mood Enhancement
  • If I Had A Daughter…Would I Tell Her To Think Like A Man?

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