Poverty is officially defined as a family of four living off of $23,021 or less a year. Today, a record 46.2 million people –15 percent of the U.S. population – are considered poor ...

Greed, poverty, crime, profiling and unequal justice By Phillip L. Wright, Ph.D. As a youngster growing up here in Miami, Florida, I have personally experienced or seen much racial discrimination and Profiling causing enormous race disconnect. In 1963, I was profiled and placed in a jail cell for 2 hours, for J-Walking, and released when I showed my voters registration card. . . A young Black in a new car m ...

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Hip Hop Connection Hip Hop artists have a responsibility to youth By Jineea Butler Since its inception Hip Hop has been a target for problems in the Black community.  40 years later its still a topic of discussion. On Monday, July 22, 2013 Bill O’Reilly launched a tirade of issues in his Talking Points segment of the O’Reilly Factor on Fox News titled President Obama and the Race Problem.  Bill O’Reilly att ...

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