Sept 12th-18th Study finds more Latinos enrolling at colleges Brandon Hensley, Daily Sudial, 8/11/11 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Rankings Robert Morse, US News, 9/12/11 The Lion King’s Robert Guillaume Offers Sage Advice to Black Youth Staff Writer, Rolling Out, 9/12/11 Nearly half of African-American youth report pressure to have sex Jeremy Kryn, Life Site [...]
Our community has a crisis on its hands. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, rates of HIV infections amongst gay and bisexual African American men rose 48% between 2006-2009. And nobody seems to know why. According to the CDC, potential reasons for the continued increase in HIV infections amongst black gay and [...]
BYP MORNING NEWSFLASH September 16, 2011 Michelle Obama’s campaign to eradicate childhood obesity hit a major milestone yesterday. Darden Restaurants, Inc—which oversees Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, Longhorn Steaks, and others –has announced major changes to all of their menus. These include a reduction in calories and sodium on all meals, making a fruit or vegetable [...]
Behold, the power of Hip Hop. MSNBC’s report regarding Hip Hop’s influence on the Arab Spring is mindblowing. It proves that the very idea of Hip Hop as an artform crosses all ethnic, religious, economic and geographical boundaries. Hip Hop is about speaking truth to power and holding it accountable. Hip Hop is about relaying your [...]
BYP Morning NewsFlash September 15, 2011 Have you ever tried a Blast? It’s kind of like drinking a 24 oz. of beer, except it comes in all kinds of fun flavors, has 12 percent alcohol content, and its containers have a cartoonish, “Hip Hop”-inspired design. Oh, and Snoop Dogg is their add spokesman. Understandably, watchdog [...]
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BYP MORNING NEWSFLASH: Mayweather’s The New Kanye, Sweatshops In The Hood, and The REAL Rick Ross Doesn’t Like The Fake One
BYP Morning NewsFlash September 19, 2011 Everyone is still talking about that insanely bizarre Mayweather-Ortiz fight. AllHipHop.com thinks you need to stop hatin’ on Mayweather and recognize his talent as a boxer. I’ll let you make that call. But they do have a point; regardless of what everyone might think, Mayweather did nothing illegal. And [...]
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