There is no other business like the NBA. Its rainbow jump shots, rim-rattling dunks and heart-pounding drama are gleaming monuments to Black America. Nearly 80% of league players are Black. They are multimillionaire superstars, international icons and global purveyors of African American exc…
Once again, the Pennsylvania Sentencing Commission is planning to implement a Risk Assessment Tool (RAT) that could punish young Black men from the hood much more than any other group. The Commission tried before and failed before following public hearings in Philadelphia last year on June 6…
If you saw one of those “breaking news” chyrons that cable news runs across the bottom of your television saying that six people had been shot and killed and 32 had been injured, there’s little doubt you’d wonder where the latest mass shooting took place.
If you have not noticed, let me suggest that you take a peep at the calendar. You will see what some of my colleagues have been saying to me; this summer is moving along fast, very fast!
As “Black Magic,” Lewis Lloyd conjured many sleight of hands tricks on the basketball court that were astonishing to the naked eye.
The ever-evolving realm of technology engagement always requires users to consider easier ways to utilize cell phones, apps, search engines and social networks. Here are some tips to a less stressful digital life experience.
Being Prepared for End-of-Life
Think about it this way. If every tactic that was used by African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement and/or in the fight against apartheid South Africa was either criminalized or attacked by the U.S. Congress, how would you respond?
The April unemployment rate, at 3.6%, was the lowest since December 1969. Payroll employment increased by more than 250,000, outperforming expectations and reversing the disappointing job creation numbers of last month. First-quarter growth was reported at 3.2%, a robust figure that exceeds …
W.C. Fields’ famous line, “I am free of all prejudices; I hate everyone equally,” sounded like a new motto for Rep. Ilhan Omar, Minnesota’s rising Democratic firebrand, when she took a verbal poke at, of all people, former President Barack Obama.
Forgive my sports analogy, but I have often found myself wrestling with the concepts and realities of good and evil. It stands to reason that if you believe in God and His goodness, power and the righteousness of Jesus Christ, then you must also believe in Satan and his earth-bound inherent …
Whether you are Jamaican by birth or through association it was easy to appreciate the high praise offered at the “Service of Thanksgiving” at the True United Church.
Brandon Chastang , Philadelphia educator and counselor, is changing the narrative one video at a time.
Is slavery's legacy in the power dynamics of sports?
Kurt Streeter