Latest in: Empowerment Issues & Politics

Sharing on his Instagram profile that he had earned his high school diploma from Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, actor, comedian, film producer, writer and rapper Mike Epps is proof that there is no age limit for accomplishing greatness through education. Although he began his stand-up comedy career...

After spending several years of his life in and out of jail, 67-year-old David Norman recently graduated from Columbia University with a degree in philosophy. Although his journey was not an easy one, the former substance abuser made the decision more than 20 years ago to turn his life...

The day police officer, Peter Getz arrived at a burning apartment building in Harford, Connecticut to rescue a 5-year-old girl covered in ash, he never imagined he’d be cheering her on nearly 20 years later as she received her college diploma from Eastern Connecticut State University. “It’s one of...

You have a natural talent, a skill, Something you are good at or a dream - that’s wonderful. You have to constantly work to improve or better your craft - you have to hone it. To hone your craft means to sharpen, refine or make perfect over a period...

  The Miss USA Pageant is in search of its 52nd contestant. Ivana Thomas, a recent Summa Cum Laude graduate of Hampton University, is one of the top 10 finalists in that search. Airing internationally on FOX TV at 7:00 pm, on June 5th, the winner of the #FindingMiss52...

Azealia Banks??? The fact that I had to google this chick, read her Wikipedia and listen to her music on YouTube, says so much and to say that I’m not impressed is an understatement. Her music is not my cup of tea, but hey if she is making money...

When Stephanie Shepard was a child, her dreams of creating a family included having mostly little girls. Nine of them. Today, the mother of eight, is more than content with GOD’s blessing of six girls and two boys. Her children, ranging in ages from 29 to 8 have kept...

When Stephanie Shepard was a child, her dreams of creating a family included having mostly little girls. Nine of them. Today, the mother of eight, is more than content with GOD’s blessing of six girls and two boys. Her children, ranging in ages from 29 to 8 have kept...

In its first season, “Daughters In America,” earns rave reviews. Created and written by Liberian artist Love Weah, the web-series aims to unify women from the African continent who are living abroad. “I want to inspire women to discover beauty within themselves,” said the international fashion model and founder of Goddess Defined MagBooks,...

In its third season, “Daughters In America,” gets rave reviews. Created and written by Liberian artist Love Weah, the show aims to unify women from the African continent who are living abroad. “I want to inspire women to discover beauty within themselves,” says the international fashion model and founder of...

Do you remember your first crush? How old were you? Did you tell him/her? Did they like you back?  Did you tell your mom/dad? What did they say? What age did you start dating? When/where was your first kiss? I can’t remember the answer to half of these questions,...

At a conference on international gender equality, Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf commented, “Too many of our countries have yet to muster the courage to ban the irreparable harm inflicted by genital mutilation on young girls in traditional societies.” Though Liberia has significantly reduced female genital mutilation (FGM) prevalence...

Every senior at Urban Prep Charter Academy, a predominately African-American all-boys charter school in Chicago, has been accepted and committed to a four year college or university. For seven consecutive years, the Academy’s senior class has had 100 percent of their students admitted to colleges throughout the nation. Collectively,...

  In the last couple of years, Black people have been punished for some of the craziest things and sometimes they have paid the ultimate price.  We have learned the hard way to be careful when walking while black, listening to music while black, selling cigarettes while black, running...

  On May 1, 1959 the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors made the harsh decision to close its schools to all students -both Black and White. The schools remained closed between 1959 through 1964. Prince Edward County was the only school district in the United States of America...

  Speaking to a crowd of Prince Edward County, Virginia residents at the historic First Baptist Church in Farmville, Virginia on Sunday April 24th, civil rights leader, Rev. J. Samuel Williams, Jr. urged his audience -at the Johns-Griffin Day Celebration- to continue to “take the LORD for the way,”...

  First, let me say I’m not a big Beyonce fan. I don’t consider myself apart of the Beyhive and all of that, but I have enjoyed several of her albums and songs. Yesterday, Beyonce dropped her Lemonade special. It was a video special introducing her newest album with poetry, symbolism,...

As with Tupac, Biggie, James Brown, Michael Jackson, and Whitney Houston, the world is mourning the death of musical icon, Prince.    Beside his music that will live on forever, Prince left behind something else…His uniqueness. Prince embraced himself.  He accepted that he was unique and own it like...

  Every weekend Saber Hosseini, a schoolteacher in central Afghanistan, piles his bicycle with hundreds of books and travels to villages where children don’t have schools. Turning his bike into a mobile library while cruising the countryside, Hosseini provides youth an opportunity to read. “Many of the children are...

On April 23, 1951, in an effort to protest shoddy conditions at their aging school, African American students in Prince Edward County, Virginia made the decision to walk out of Robert R. Moton High School. The Rev. L. Francis Griffin led the fight for students as well as parents...