By Walter Williams Article Submission Last summer’s Ferguson, Missouri, disturbances revealed while blacks were 67 percent of its population, only three members of its 53-officer police force were black. Some might conclude such a statistic
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By: Natalie Moore Article Submission A few weeks before the school year ends, Taree Porter leads word drills with her second graders and reads a Judy Blume classic amid the din of giggles.
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By Matthew Lynch Article Submission Most people like to think that American K-12 schools, workplaces and courthouses are pillars of fairness, but statistic after statistic all point to a crisis among the young, Black men
Read moreNew Music on BTN Soundcloud Player (10/28/15) >>> Yinka Diz: “Hear Me, Tho”
BTN STAFF New Music on our Soundcloud Player comes from emcee/producer Yinka Diz. His new single “Hear Me, Tho” is produced by Superville and part of their ‘street cosmopolitan’ sound. To listen to the single,
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by C. Emmanuel Little Article Submission Sometimes it’s the forced, extra warm smile. It could be an overtly cordial greeting with disarming jokes. It might mean shirking natural hairstyles. For some, it’s even changing the
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By: Siddiqu The Personal Trainer Guest Columnist Nearly one-half of the American population will be obese by 2030 according to a 2012 study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The researchers estimate that
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