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Cornel West & Tavis Smiley

I had the pleasure of hearing these brothas speak last night. I wish I would have gotten a chance to go to their earlier panel which featured the likes of Michael Moore and Suze Orman. However, I went to their ‘afterword’ which was quite interesting. Now, I don’t agree with everything either of these gentlemen [...]

Julianne Malveaux: Once Again, Everyone Gains While Black Folks Lose

The unemployment rate is falling for the third month in a row, and in December about 200,000 private sector jobs were created.  The monthly unemployment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that unemployment has declined by six tenths of a percentage point since August.  Already, some economists are saying we can expect another [...]

Well, Expect California To Be On The Top 5 Dumbass States List In The Near Future

California’s governor is expected to cut $5 billion from public education. Geez, it’s not as if California’s public education system is the best anyways. This is just going to solidify that notion. I would feel bad but hey, it’s California. I hate that state with a passion. My concern comes with the fact that those [...]

Fights Erupt As People Wait In Line For The Newest Jordans

Fights have broken out in DC, ATL, B-More ect as thousands wait in line for the new shoe. Now, I love some nice Js. But these shoes aint even all that hot. Not hot enough to be fighting over especially! I’ve seen better Jordans. And also, is it really going to make that much of [...]

Woman Kills Herself & Shoots Her Childern After Being Denied Food Stamps

This is what is going on in this nation. This is too sad. After being denied food stamps for a fourth time a woman, Rachelle Grimmer, had a stand off with authorities at a Texas Health and Human Services Office. When she still did not get the help she needed, she pulled the trigger on [...]

From Black Agenda Report

Massive Growth of Segregation by Income Among Blacks A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford “Housing segregation among Blacks and Hispanics has, in fact, increased much more sharply than among whites since 1970.” A new report on housing segregation shows that many more Americans live in distinctly poor or categorically affluent neighborhoods than forty [...]

Old People and Cocaine

Remember Granny Ya-Yo from a few weeks ago? Well, I think we just found her the perfect boo! An 87 year old man from Indiana has been caught with 104 bricks of that nostril ticklish©! Damn, remember when all old folks had to worry about was Medicaid and if you went to the corner store [...]

Stamps Going Up In Price

Well damn. Starting in January, you’ll have to pay $.45 to get a sticker to mail out a letter. Aint shit right about that. I understand that the Post Office is broke but why the rest of us gotta suffer? The Post Office lost an estimated $8 billion last year. Well shit, clearly yall are [...]

81 Year Old Woman Arrested For Selling Crack

An 81 year old woman was arrested for the second time this year for slangin that rock! It is a Recession In This Bitch indeed! Granny said disability wasn’t enough, she had to put rims on that ’82 Coup! And why she look hard as a mothafucka? Granny don’t play! She said she cuts bitches [...]

A Reflection of Too Many Black Americans

This brotha has a Master’s Degree from Purdue and  a Ph.D. from Dartmouth. And he’s homeless. Question, how many white Dartmouth educated, STEM folks do you know who are living on the street?