One million babies born HIV-free. This achievement would have been unimaginable ten years ago when the U.S. Congress passed the legislation that created PEPFAR, yet today, we can celebrate this momentous milestone.
Black unemployment is still double the national rate, and research has shown that, even when controlled for factors like education and experience, Black job seekers still face hiring discrimination.
Of course, the events that are celebrations will receive the greatest visibility, especially if they seem to reinforce the public's notions of who we are, but there are deeper sentiments that need to be expressed about Pride and what it means to us.
Nobody should be denied the right to vote, or face additional hurdles because of a strategic method to disenfranchise them. Just as no one should be racially profiled, no one should be racially blocked from the voting booth.
You Can Touch My Hair was a way of telling those who have stolen a touch how it makes me feel -- like an object put on display. But I also wanted to use it as an opportunity to further understand why someone might think that act or solicitation is okay and why black hair is such a novelty.
You would think that Eric Holder, the first African American Attorney General, and Barack Obama, the first African American President, would be vigilant that there was no racial discrimination in the Justice Department of their Administration. You would think.
There is no political correctness in my rant. Just facts. Without diversity, there is no hip-hop, even if you choose to call it that. Hip-hop is not a reality TV show. Hip-hop is not a pair of pants sagging. Hip-hop has founders, innovation, and purpose.
With legitimate lethal terrorist threats that the U.S. faces, the FBI must play a front line role in monitoring potential terrorist activities and nipping them in the bud. But the history of over reach and outright law breaking by the FBI and other government agencies still looms large.
While school system governance, school choice and school closings have dominated recent discussions about school reform, the beginning of summer break is a perfect time to highlight the impact summer learning loss has on efforts to close achievement gaps.
I live in a world where I didn't hear someone romantically call me desirable until I was 26. I live in a world where either body privilege or racial privilege is always against me. So I point my camera at my face and I click. I am what some would call ugly, but I don't see it.
Black history deserves to be regarded highly as well as we would anything else sacred in our society... let's please start treating it as such.
As our world changes, it will be important for us to expand our ideas and expectations of leadership, leadership models and who we see as leaders.
If you want to go the unveiling of the Frederick Douglass statue this Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the United States Capitol Visitor Center's Emancipation Hall, don't bother: You're not invited.
While more students generally attend racially and economically diverse schools, it is no secret that our schools are anything but unitary.
In honor of Father's Day I want to share the most important, financial lesson I've learned to date. It's one that my dad taught me and is the reason I am The Budgetnista. The Bike Story...
Most kids my age back then didn't see the importance of having a father or father-figure in their lives; they were more concerned about escaping the hood. While it is a valid mindset to have in a city known for handgun murders, most stemming from where I grew up, I could never replace my dad.
Dr. Cosby is continuously making it harder for me to vouch for him. A recent piece by the entertainer titled "A Plague Called Apathy" has a slice of the black media and blogosphere up in arms, and the other part looking at him askance with a serious side-eye.
"This is not a black thing, this is not a white thing. This is not a poor thing, this is not a rich thing. This is not a Christian or Jewish or Muslim thing. What hurts one person, hurts us all."
For too long we've exclusively emphasized punishment for non-violent offenders over treatment and rehabilitation. The current system is unbalanced, unsustainable, and unnecessarily cruel. It's time to legalize or at the very least, decriminalize all drugs.
Dedrick Muhammad, 2013.18.06
Daddy-O, 2013.18.06
Jason Williams, 2013.17.06
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By: LADYDAY on 3/28/2007 1:43AM
NOT COOL AT ALL!
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By: sanntay on 3/28/2007 11:00AM
Creative hair, but that was just to distract us from his awful singing.
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By: KELS on 3/28/2007 10:31AM
This is one dumb idea.
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By: Lola on 3/28/2007 11:00AM
These two queens and that whole show is becoming a joke, when San-jay-ya wins the whole silly as Simon calls it "competition," maybe the show will get axed since they don't want real singers. Tonight they will bid Lakisha goodbye, since she can sing and not just prance on stage and dish with the "judges."
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By: Lola on 3/28/2007 11:00AM
These two queens and that whole show is becoming a joke, when San-jay-ya wins the whole silly as Simon calls it "competition," maybe the show will get axed since they don't want real singers. Tonight they will bid Lakisha goodbye, since she can sing and not just prance on stage and dish with the "judges." If you are going to be a gay guy, and there's nothing wrong with that, at least have some sort of talent other than doing hair when on a show about singers LOL!
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By: Eyanti on 3/28/2007 1:04PM
Why aret they torturing that poor kid? Leave him alone, and put him out his misery. Vote him off the show.
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By: Princess on 3/29/2007 7:40AM
Whatever happened to TALENT!!?? This IS suppose to be a singing contest, not a popularity contest. Also, whatever happened to the 'TOP 10' getting makeovers????? I hope the show gets CANCELLED!!!! It's a waste of a TRUE SINGERS TIME!
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By: hips don't lie on 3/28/2007 7:04PM
THIS IS SO SAD... HOWEVER, THERE IS A GENIUS WORKING ON HIS SIDE... SOMEONE KNOWS HOW TO DISTRACT "US" FROM HIS AWFUL SO-CALLED SINGING... AND IT WORKED... LISTEN TO US-WE'RE TALKING BOUT IT... I KNOW HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN KICKED OFF (A LONG TIME AGO) BUT I BELIEVE THAT HE WILL BE AROUND FOR A WHILE, WHY? BECAUSE OF THE YOUNGSTERS (PRE-TEENS, TEENS, YOUNG ADULTS) THERE IS DEFINITELY NO REASON WHY HE SHOULD BE ON THE SHOW IN THE FIRST PLACE... HIS SISTER SANG BETTER THAN HE DID... NONETHELESS, HIS 30 MINUTES OF FAME WILL END EVENTUALLY.... UNLESS HE FOR SOME MIRACULOUS IMPOSSIBILITY-HE WINS...AAAARRRGGHHHHH!!!!!
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By: cherylann on 3/28/2007 8:49PM
I'm still laughing, I feel so bad they keep this young because he's cute. Lord help us we're doing this for all the wrong reasons. We got rid of more people with better singing ability and appeal I might add. Cherylann
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By: qtee on 3/28/2007 8:49PM
sanjaya are you serious
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