race relations

It’s 7:00 a.m., you’re feeling barely alive, and you need a mighty jolt of caffeine to properly prepare you for the morning. Is that the best time to talk to your server about institutionalized racism and white supremacy? Would you like a shot of espresso coupled with a brief chat about the tenets of racial […]

You know that list of companies that are outspoken about gay marriage? The ones that tell gun advocates to put their firearms away when walking into their stores? The ones that pay your tuition and boast unity from their liberal boardrooms? Starbucks is that company. So it was only a matter of time before the inevitable came. […]

When it comes to issues concerning race in America, the country isn’t only divided racially, but politically as well. A new poll released by Washington Post-ABC News illustrated how divided the nation is when it comes to race, the criminal justice system and police brutality. According to the report only 1 in 10 African Americans […]

According to a new study, six million Americans who classify themselves as White have some African ancestry. For the study, which was conducted by the American Journal of Human Genetics, researchers looked at records of individuals using the genetic testing service 23andMe.com who identified as European, African and Latino descent. They deduced that 3.5 percent of […]

Yesterday, on a very special edition of 106 & Park, the focus was on recent events surrounding the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, featuring an interview with President Obama. (Well, they teased an interview with President Obama throughout the show only to build towards a BET News special that basically reran much of what we had already watched via […]

#YourLifeMatters hosted its first Google Hangout on Tuesday, and young people spoke up! We asked for action, to fill in the blanks for this sentence: “Just because I’m _____ does not mean that I am _______.” Check out some of the responses below. https://twitter.com/sanaimarie/status/438467446048305152 https://twitter.com/arielcherie/status/438471707066904576 If you missed the first hangout, click play below! And […]

Panelists on NewsOne Now discussed the racially charged issues of 2013, from the Trayvon Martin and Kendrick Johnson deaths to the lack of diversity of “SNL,” and the “Duck Dynasty” racist remarks. Jeff Johnson says we missed the mark in making real change by not channeling anger into a movement. “In 2014, if we’re going to be […]

After addressing the verdict of George Zimmerman over the weekend in a brief statement, President Barack Obama spoke at greater lengths earlier today regarding the trial and its racial implications, and zeroed in on the killing of Trayvon Martin as well – comparing himself to the 17-year-old at one point. President Obama and Press Secretary […]

or do you wish that you and all your Black favorites were white?

From The Urban Daily: Almost seven years ago David Lamb and his wife Jamillah created and produced the off-Broadway play, Platanos & Collard Greens.

From CNN: A year after the election of America’s first African-American president, blacks in the United States are expressing optimism about racial progress not seen in a quarter-century, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center.

From the NY Times: NEW ORLEANS — Less than a month before the primary, the race for mayor here is a struggle over who will bring the soaring murder rate down, who will attract badly needed new businesses and who will guide the city in its still dauntingly long road to recovery.