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Kenwood Academy handcuffed by CPS rules

Accepting checks to help student compete in academic showdown

By Chinta Strausberg

Handcuffed by CPS rules banning the paying of out-of-state travel for students, Kenwood Academy business manager, Tanya Towns Thursday said 8^th grader Eva Lewis is short $1,950.00 of her $2,000 goal but the school is accepting checks on her behalf.

In an interview with this reporter, Towns explained the denial of the travel funds to Lewis, who along with others won the Illin

Before the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and 50th year since the 1964 Civil Rights Act, we need a think tank Are we in better shape 60-years later?

By Chinta Strausberg

In just a year, America will celebrate the 60th anniversary of two key U.S. Supreme Court decisions—Brown v. the Board of Education that legally struck down segregated schools and the laws that sanctioned that racist and unequal system and the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act made possible by the Brow

Ben Jealous

A Message to the USDA: Continue to Respect Black Farmers

By Benjamin Todd Jealous

There is no way to make up for decades of discrimination that crippled the proud history of Black farm ownership in America. But we can do our best to move forward.

In 1999 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agreed to settle the civil rights lawsuit Pigford v Glickman. The settlement promised to compensate thousands of black farmers who suffered racial discrimination at the hands of th

RAPPER JAY-Z LAUNCHES 2013 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR NEEDY STUDENTS

-- The deadline to apply is May 31, 2013. --

  • Carter Scholarship Fund (SCSF) provides individual grants ranging from $1,500 to $2,500 to every student who qualifies and reapplies yearly, from admission to graduation. The grant can be used to cover tuition expenses and related supplemental educational expenses such as books, lab fees, travel and select costs of living. All Shawn Carter Scholars are required to give back by c

FORMER D.C. TREASURER LAUNCHES NEW ENTERPRISE TO FACILITATE BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

Former Washington, DC Treasurer launches new enterprise for Black economic empowerment and educational enrichment.

  • Former Treasurer of the District of Columbia Lasana K. Mack announces the launch of a new enterprise dedicated to facilitating financial and economic empowerment for people of African descent locally, nationally and internationally through educational programs and development of a full-serv

African American businessmen launch first of five stores in the ‘hood

‘We want to control our own money’

By Chinta Strausberg

Following his dream, Harold Davis, president of the “79^th Street Indoor Mall, 1706-08 East 79^th Street, Chicago, Illinois, has opened one of several one-stop-shop stores located in the black community he says will give an economic boost, pride and jobs to African American neighborhoods and where you can also pay your bills and buy your Mother’s Day and gifts right in th

America Celebrates Mother's Day This Sunday

By Hazel Trice Edney and Akua Aboagye

On Sunday, May 6, Kiona Daniels celebrated her Grandmother Ella's 98th birthday. This weekend, she will join millions across the nation in celebration of Mother's Day, May 12.

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(TriceEdneyWire.com) - As young as 5 years old, Twan Woods would wake up at night and hear his mother having a seizure. He would know exactly what to do. He would run into her bedroom, hold her, put a cold rag in her mouth, comfort

The Fastest Growing African American Network in Television Set to Debut its First Original Non-Scripted Series:  Forever Jones Presented by Walmart

Featuring the Popular GRAMMY®-Nominated Family Gospel Group

Bounce TV (www.BounceTV.com), the nation's first-ever broadcast television network for African Americans, will premiere its first original non-scripted series, Forever Jones Presented by Walmart on Wednesday, June 5^th at 9:00 p.m. ET

Coming on the heels of Bounce TV's successful orig

PAYING MY RESPECTS WITH DEEPEST REGARDS AND HEARTFELT SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS, & BUSINESS ACQUAINTANCES OF CHRIS "MAC DADDY" KELLY OF KRISS KROSS, FOR THE HEARTBREAKING LOSS OF AN INFLUENTIAL AND TALENTED SOUL THAT ENDED TOO SOON TO THE EVILS OF THIS WORLD. MAY HIS LEGACY LIVE ON FOREVER AS AN ICON OF MY YOUTH’S GENERATION.

THE DOPEST KROSSED-OUT KOOLEST KID HIP-HOP DUO TO FORGE THROUGH THE 90’S

 #TOTALLYKROSSEDOUT  #LOVEFOREVER  

It was my first relatable account of contemporary urban musi

Ambassador Harvey is heir and descendant of land owning Hebrew mix raced Indigenous Inhabitants that lived in North America before the United States of America, and the States of the Union were created.

"The Biblical Hebrew Israelites settled and claimed North America during the reign of King Solomon, circa 500 BCE; and marked their claim to North America with the oldest existence in the world, of the 10 Commandments on a boulder in New Mexico in ancient Hebrew, with the true name of the

I was on “Washington Watch with Roland Martin” last week.  This is a weekly TV show that deals with Black political issues, among other things. The roundtable discussion was very lively, but I was amazed at my fellow panelists’ response to something I said.

Americans somehow have this strange notion that all discrimination is bad.  But it isn’t.  We discriminate every day.  You choose one restaurant over another; you watch one TV show versus another; you date skinny girls and not heavy girls.

As a

COMPANY PUBLISHES EXCLUSIVE LIST OF INVESTORS FOR MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS LOOKING FOR FUNDING

Eli Marcus, founder of BrokersPlayGround.com

 • 25-year old internet entrepreneur Eli Marcus is on a mission to build a strong and powerful Black America by promoting entrepreneurship and providing minorities with access to alterative solutions to find funding for their business project. His company BrokersPlayGround.com sells a list of 15,000 accredited investors, venture capital firms, funding g

COMPANY PUBLISHES EXCLUSIVE LIST OF INVESTORS FOR MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS LOOKING FOR FUNDING

Eli Marcus, founder of BrokersPlayGround.com

 • 25-year old internet entrepreneur Eli Marcus is on a mission to build a strong and powerful Black America by promoting entrepreneurship and providing minorities with access to alterative solutions to find funding for their business project. His company BrokersPlayGround.com sells a list of 15,000 accredited investors, venture capital firms, funding g

Sugarcane Magazine, the global African stage is proud to announce the debut of its new online series, Sugarcane Magazine Presents: Sugarcane Studio. Sugarcane Studio is an art show featuring African creatives from all over the globe, hosted by Melissa  Davis. The first episode debuts on April 30, 2013 on both  http://sugarcanemag.com and our YouTube channel  https://www.youtube.com/SugarcaneMagazine  . Our first episode features Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert and the city’s crown jewel

   As I read this article, this statement jumped out at me; "When we talked about a new majority, if our new majority doesn't have a vision for white folks who've been locked in poverty generationally, then we're never going to quite get there."  Kudus to Me Ben for diagnosing the malady, but the cure is still left lacking. Until the mis-education of the White man is remedied, the elitist mindset of the impoverished segment of the majority population is addressed, change is next to impossible to