New Poll Says Majority Of Americans Don’t Know About Obamacare
By Staff Blogger According to a new Kaiser Family Foundation health tracking poll, many Americans are either confused about the new Obama health care law, the Affordable Care Act, or are completely unaware that it is now law. There seems to be much confusion as to the state of the Affordable Care Act. According to [...]
White Woman Takes “Baby Photos” Of 13-Year Old Black Son, Photos Go Viral
By Darron Smith Kelli Higgins is a white woman, a photographer, who adopted 13-year old Latrell as a teenager. Latrell is a young African American boy transracially adopted by Kelli and her husband. When Kelli decided to take pictures of her son, she had no idea the reactions that they would evoke. “I put them [...]
Christopher Dorner And His Racial Identity
By Darron Smith The recent events surrounding Christopher Dorner and his troubles with allegations of institutional racism embedded within the LAPD as well as his seeming struggles with his racial identity, as he articulated in his manifesto, are sobering. Racial identity is shaped by beliefs and attitudes and is believed to be part of self-concept, [...]
Black Obesity, Policy & Anger Towards Michelle Obama
By Darron Smith According to the Centers for disease control (CDC), a person with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 25 is considered overweight. BMI is a quick approximation that assesses for body fatness in an effort to help screen for obesity. Obesity is a serious problem in the United States and is [...]
New Study: Discrimination Towards Black People Causes Them Stress & Poor Health
By D. Smith African Americans pay a high price for living in a discriminatory society where stress can impact health and well-being. The enduring wealth gap that has widened in recent years as well as the protraction of poverty, social isolation, residential segregation and other social institutions have been shown to be causative factors for [...]
Polls: Hillary Clinton More Popular Than Obama
By Staff Blogger President Barack Obama was just inaugurated for his second consecutive term in office. His approval rating has gone up since the start of his second term. People generally seem to like him and his overall policies. However there is one politician that is slightly more popular. That politician would be none other [...]
Blacks Ignored in Immigration Debate
Immigration reform is on the way and a breakthrough could be just around the corner. There have been many meetings lately between the Democrats and the Republicans. It has been said that whoever wins the Latino vote will win the immigration reform project. There is a national debate on the subject, but for this debate, [...]
Miami Cops Fired For Ignoring 911 Calls To Spend Intimate Time With Girlfriends
Gross abuse on behalf of our most trusted public officials (e.g., fireman and police officers) is sobering for many Americans to understand, once scandal erupts, which is exactly what happened on the Miami-Dade County Police force. The officers were disciplined for outrageous acts which showed their disregard for the public trust. It is hard to [...]
Damario Solomon-Simmons: Football Recruits Warned About NCAA Fine Print
There is no time in which promises, potentiality, and pleading are more celebrated than during college football recruiting and the upcoming National Football Signing Day. Whether it be the daily phone calls, mountains of letters, or in-home visits, college recruiters will tell top recruits just about anything to get them to sign, and usually the recruiter [...]
Does Congressional Bickering Among The Democrats Stall Obama’s Policies?
President Obama cannot get very far without the help of congress, and with the continuing partisan stonewalling on key provisions aimed at helping ordinary Americans, his second term remains a mystery. The president went on record—taking the side of 85% of Americans—who disapprove of the work Congress is doing. His democratic colleagues would prefer the [...]
