Revolutionary technology enables Highland Park student math scores to soar
by Debbie Edwards Children’s confidence and aspirations soar along with their test scores. As one walks into this historic high school, it is clear to see that it is different. Lodged in the City of...
View ArticleThe challenges of Congo advocacy in the 21st century
by Kambale Musavuli Kambale Musavuli breaks the silence about the Congo at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash. As spokesperson and student coordinator for Friends of the Congo, Kambale...
View Article‘Let’s just shut down’: an interview with Spokesperson Ray of the Free...
by Annabelle Parker Annabelle Parker: How did you come to start the Free Alabama Movement? What was the issue that triggered it? And were you all in general population? You are still in solitary (the...
View ArticleWith no more cotton to pick, what will America do with 40 million Black people?
Blacks picking cotton in the U.S. in 1897 by Phillip Jackson What will America do with 40 million Black Americans now that there is no more cotton to pick? Even in states like Mississippi, Alabama and...
View ArticleThird Street Stroll …
by Rochelle Metcalfe As I go about my travels up and down Third Street, especially frustrated over the Black corridor scene – lack of thriving Black businesses, people hanging on the streets, while...
View ArticleWelcome to ‘The Tech Boom’: an interview with producer Traxamillion
by Apollonia Jordan It’s 2016 and technology rules everything around us. There is a true science behind creating music and producing a dope beat. Technology has made it easier for artists to create...
View ArticleSan Francisco ‘Fiber to Housing’ program provides internet for low-income...
Mayor London Breed speaks at Sunnydale, San Francisco’s largest public housing development. Having grown up in public housing, Mayor Breed knows first-hand the barriers that stop poor folks from...
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