By RAY RIVERA Article Reprint PHILADELPHIA — The three-story brick building stands like a ghost of what it once was, the letters “Joe Frazier’s Gym” stenciled across the facade in washed-out letters. A former destination
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Deadly Poverty
Homicide is just one of many killers plaguing Chicago’s poor black neighborhoods By Steve Bogira Article Reprint Chicago’s homicide rate has drawn headlines this year, locally and nationally, and not without reason. Through July,
Read moreBlack Folks aint Got No Money for Bootstraps: The Black Capitalist Dead End
The African American economic condition deteriorates by the year, but that doesn’t stop the ‘bootstrappers’ from talking trash. “The bootstraps mythology -sometimes under the shorthand, ‘Do for Self’ – implicitly or explicitly urges Black people
Read moreOne Hood, One Goal
While attending a fundraiser for the youth through education, I was introduced to Darius Thomas, the founder of One Hood Media Art Center, we sat down and discussed his goals to use the attention kids
Read more5 Colleges You Can Go to For Free
By Christina Couch Article Reprint It’s all too easy to be a victim of student debt. According to the College Board, the average price of tuition, fees, room and board for an in-state student at
Read moreThe Long Kiss Goodbye: Fear of a Black Planet Killed a Black Radio Station
An exclusive NewsOne IN DEPTH analysis Dan Charnas is the Editorial Director of News & Information at InteractiveOne, and the author of “The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop” (New American Library/Penguin)
Read moreChicago’s Segregated Nightlife: Why Don’t We Play Together
Downtown area clubs accused of unfriendliness to blacks By: Natalie Moore Article Reprint When we think of segregation in Chicago, schools and housing are the most obvious examples. But racial divisions also are apparent when
Read more8 Biggest Mix-Ups about Health Care Reform
How well do you know the Affordable Care Act? By Jay MacDonald Article Reprint The public remains sharply divided toward President Barack Obama’s historic health care reform legislation, according to polls that show few are
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