April V. Taylor Former FBI agent Chris McRae was paid $157,000 to spy on Black students who attended Huntsville City Schools (HCS) in Alabama. He was hired last year to oversee what are being referred to as security improvements that were set in motion by superintendent Casey Wardynski. Wardynski began the security improvements after school officials were allegedly contacted by the National Security Agency about a supposed threat on a…
April V. Taylor The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is demanding sweeping changes to current discipline guidelines for the more than 5,000 school safety officers in New York City. The NYCLU has previously sued the NYPD for use of force against students and wrongful arrest, made the demands during a press conference Wednesday, stating that school discipline should be handles by educators, not the police. Alecia Cabral made a…
The number of non-Black students who attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) continues to climb. Statistics show that the student body’s of these traditionally Black schools is changing, with an average of 1 in 4 students not being Black. The statistics were compiled through research conducted by the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. There are multiple reasons this is happening, and here are some of them: 1….
April V. Taylor The new book, “The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery And The Making of American Capitalism,” by Edward Baptist has incited an onslaught of controversy regarding his examination of the slavery and suffering of generations of Black people who were bought and sold and the economic wealth and power that was made possible from their exploitation. Baptist is a history professor at Cornell University, and his new…
April V. Taylor Hundreds of students walked out of their classrooms in suburban Denver last week. The walkout was to protest a new curriculum that whitewashes American history in order to promote patriotism and downplay civil disobedience. The walkout involved six high schools in Jefferson County, which is the state’s second-largest school district. The walkout came on the heels of a sick-out by teachers that shut down two of the…
“Freeway” Rick Ross used to run a multimillion dollar drug empire, earning $3 million a day at one point, but instead of finding success as a drug kingpin, he is now a philanthropist who devotes his time to promoting literacy and speaking out against drugs and violence. In a stunning turn of events, Ross is attempting to heal and rebuild communities that most likely suffered because of his activities as…
This person in the video says that you should have three accounts: One for deposits, one for bills, and another one for savings. This may not be entirely necessary, since a lot of people pay their bills out of the account that has direct deposit. Some other accounts you may want to consider are investment accounts or an account for your small business. Since we believe that every person of…
By: Kamara Taylor With crime being ever so rampant in minority communities, we tend to overlook the biggest threat and killer that continues to destroy homes and the family dynamic. This terrible menace is CANCER. As Angelina Jolie has become the face of the BRCA 1 gene by removing both breasts to prevent the likelihood of cancer occurring, most African American women are the largest carriers of the triple negative…
By: Kamara Taylor The Economic Resurrection of Brown v. Board of Education The idea that the legislative landmark of Brown v. Board helped to end school segregation can be looked at as another ploy to manipulate minds into the old Negro way of thinking. Theoretically, schools were integrated as Blacks were allowed to attend school with White counterparts. But economic disparities quickly changed this form of integration. The idea that…
By: Madam Prezident This video had me buck eyed. The George Zimmerman case which left Trayvon Martin dead has been the talk of the entire United States. This elderly man decided to weigh in on the case and lets just say, “he’s very passionate about how he feels zimmerman should not have had a gun.”
By: Dr. Kimberly Brown What Does 100 years of Delta Sigma Theta Really Mean? The District of Columbia should brace itself. The phrase, “paint the town red,” will take on a new and vibrantly literal meaning as immeasurable numbers of women of the illustrious Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated descend upon the city this weekend to celebrate the organization’s 100th anniversary. Yet, besides the grand convention assemblies; the sea of vendors…
It’s hard to find a financial advisor you can trust because they get a nice commission when you roll your 401k and investments over to them and many of them seem to be unfazed when you try to reach them to inquire on why your investments are losing value. So how can you tell if you’re choosing the correct financial advisor? Well, hopefully you ask for recommendations from financially-stable relatives…
Montel Williams received noteriety for his late 1980s tour, Mountain Get Out of My Way, that motivated teenagers to overcome obstacles, and he was rewarded with his own talk show, The Montel Williams Show, that ran from 1991 to 2008. But now Montel is contributing to the demise of so many Americans by endorsing “bad credit loans” from Money Mutual in which consumers can borrow as much as $1,000 as…
One weekend, Darian Demetri, Kris Jordan, and Eric Chisolm were hanging out, like most college students do, when they realized that they were all entrepreneurs but had nothing to preneur. They quickly began brainstorming about what was missing from society that they could create and profit from. That night, the idea for Faddest.com was born. Using money from their financial aid returns at school and some financial assistance from their…
I’m always willing to use my mistakes to help others. So I freely admit I’ve had a car repossessed. I almost went to jail three times for writing bad checks, and I climbed out of poor credit to build my first house. I wish I knew as a teenager or college student what I know now about money. So I’m making sure as many young people know what I know…