Month: February 2012

As Black History Month continues, Heit & Cheri take on more issues related to African Americans. Topics discussed include NYC shootings of Black Men, White Buffalo Firefighters awarded $2.7 million in bias case, affirmative action, Black assimilation into mainstream culture,...

We already know that lawmakers want to drug test welfare recipients, but now they're planning to test folks receiving unemployment. Should they?

Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers is an award winning Swedish documentary film on consumerism and globalization, created by director Erik Gandini and editor Johan Söderberg.

It seems that above all else, as a Black person, the predominant belief is that you must never publicly criticize another Black person who is held in high esteem by the community. Regardless of the merits of the statement, or...

As we can see with Greece as an example, the people must suffer the to "fix" the economy or for the economy to be "good."

The question is not right versus wrong. The question is happy versus unhappy. It is Darth versus Anakin... Society is the ultimate decider for the individual (me).

It is illegal to fight chickens and dogs. It is okay to force your children to get beat up in a boxing ring and karate competitions.

Even though the morning of the eleventh started with a cloud of sadness--being reminded of the death of who I called my best friend--a sense of joy came during a conversation with Cheri. Days earlier, she asked me to name...

About 50 percent of Congress (the House and the Senate) are millionaires. One percent of ALL 'Americans' are millionaires. You are represented by an economic class of less than one percent to make decisions on behalf of the greatest of...

The daughter of wealthy celebrities, Baby Blue Ivy's newborn pics are the talk of social media. We should be asking ourselves why does she, a baby born with a silver spoon in her mouth, deserve to receive more attention than...