The Trump Administration has proposed to decrease funding to authorized investments for public schools while increasing funding opportunities for school choice programs and private school vouchers. Ninety percent of children in America attend public schools. Increased funding to school choice programs, while reducing funding to public schools is a strategy that leaves behind our most vulnerable students
Girls from all walks of life dream of one day marrying their prince charming. They spend a lifetime thinking about what their wedding day will look like, who will attend and of course what they will wear. When this day comes they hope it will be their forever after.
The Chicago boycott organizers are now planning community forums at more than 300 Black-owned or managed coffee houses, as well as at faith-based and community-based organizations across the U.S., especially near the 12 Starbucks stores previously boycotted. These community forums will serve as “Black Economic Empowerment Forums,” where attendees will develop plans to improve the economic vitality of their communities.
Terrible de-humanizing injustices have been visited on Black people in the United States, but there is never a good reason to collaborate in one’s own destruction.
And no need to say, “I’m not going to get in the mess, because if you were born in America with a Black face, you were born in the mess”.
America was built on violence, which in many ways remains the norm. This is particularly evident in U.S. foreign policy, which continues to authorize and support violence in various countries throughout the world. It is also manifested in the mainstream media’s over –the-top coverage of violence and the public’s tacit acceptance of same.
The statement was true, and the White House had apparently waited too long before making reservations for Trump and his traveling staff for the summit.
The way forward is to embrace an America where our tensions and intentions are not based in what we hope America to be…
Young Says Lack of Jobs, Not Racism, America’s Biggest Problem
schools are penciling in the National Museum of African American History and Culture to give students a real-life look at the past as well as a tangible representation of the places and people in their textbooks.
Although many American families have modest financial means, there is nothing small about their hopes. Owning a home has long been an important part of the American Dream.Just as a college education can open doors to America’s middle class, a home is more than just where families come at the end of the day. It is also where children are raised, memories are created and – how historically most American families built wealth.
If we don’t learn how to live side by side and respect the differences of each other we are going to be the demise of our own country
There are injustices happening to many people across the world, Jesse Williams used his platform to share what his truth looks like being an African American just as others have used their platform and voice for their causes.
The 2016 BET Awards wrought in a multifaceted representation of strength in numbers by way of artistry and culture
As Barack Obama’s presidency counts down its last months, amid the raucous babble of the Republican presidential debate, people are beginning to realize how much we will miss Obama’s leadership. He has served with dignity and grace, increasingly rare attributes in American politics. His family has exhibited the values that Americans embrace. He has brought the economy back from the freefall he inherited. Republicans, of course, scorn all things Obama, with particular emphasis on his foreign policy. They argue that he’s destroyed our nation’s credibility, gutted our military and fostered the spread of terror. The din covers the emptiness of