Empowering Minority Communities: Understanding Your Path to the U.S. Military and Beyond

Empowering Minority Communities: Understanding Your Path to the U.S. Military and Beyond

Editorial Credit: Niyazz / shutterstock.com Introduction  For many Black, Latino, and other minority youth, joining the U.S. military can appear to be one of the most accessible paths to a stable future. While the military offers numerous benefits—such as education, career training, and healthcare—it’s essential that young people understand that they have the power to […]

Martin Luther King Jr.: The Civil Rights Leader

Martin Luther King Jr.: The Civil Rights Leader

By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial Credit: A. Marino/ shutterstock.com  Martin Luther King Jr. was not only a civil rights leader but also a moral visionary who believed in the transformative power of love, justice, and nonviolence. His work, which combined the spiritual teachings of Christianity with the political philosophy of nonviolence, left an indelible […]

Malcolm X: Civil Rights Leader and Revolutionary

Malcolm X: Civil Rights Leader and Revolutionary

By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial Credit: spatuletail / shutterstock.com  Malcolm X was a complex and transformative figure in the struggle for civil rights and black liberation in the United States. His early experiences of racial violence, imprisonment, and radicalization through the Nation of Islam (NOI) shaped his initial worldview, but it was his later […]

The Emergence of Black Power: Exploring Historical Context and Potential Impacts on African American Progress

The Emergence of Black Power: Exploring Historical Context and Potential Impacts on African American Progress

By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial credit: Jacob Lund / shutterstock.com  The Emergence of Black Power: A Historical Context. Had African Americans fully embraced the principles of Black Power, they could have potentially been better off than they were under the integrationist approach alone. The Civil Rights Movement and Its Limits The early Civil Rights […]

Professor Alfred Slocum: A Civil Rights Leader and Supporter of the MSP Program at Rutgers Law School

Professor Alfred Slocum: A Civil Rights Leader and Supporter of the MSP Program at Rutgers Law School

By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Photo created by A.I Professor Alfred A. Slocum was a prominent civil rights leader, legal educator, and advocate for minority students in higher education. He was a distinguished professor at Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey, where he played a significant role in supporting the Minority Student Program (MSP), […]

Uniting Against Colorism: The Collective Responsibility of Media, Education, and Community for Celebrating Diverse Blackness

Uniting Against Colorism: The Collective Responsibility of Media, Education, and Community for Celebrating Diverse Blackness

By Esther Claudette Gittens | Editorial Credit: Jacob Lund / shutterstock.com  Addressing colorism, it is essential that the media industries, educational systems, and communities work together to dismantle colorist attitudes and promote diverse representation. This requires intentional efforts to highlight and celebrate all shades of Blackness, creating spaces where everyone feels seen, valued, and respected. […]

AI, Cell Phones, Elections: What to Watch as Students Head Back to School

AI, Cell Phones, Elections: What to Watch as Students Head Back to School

By: julian shen-berro and Chalkbeat, The City | Photo Credits: Jacob Lund/Shutterstock.com This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. More than 900,000 New York City public school students will return to the classroom on Thursday, ushering in a new academic year. It marks the start of a school year that will […]

You, Your Kids, & Mary Jane

You, Your Kids, & Mary Jane

By Lea Bennette Marijuana, Weed, Mary Jane, Cannabis, Hemp, Pot. The names and our sensibilities towards the industrious plant have changed throughout human history. Marijuana is a psychoactive drug that has been legalized in several countries. Its effects on human behavior have been studied extensively, but little is known about the impact of marijuana on […]

NY Schools Most Segregated in the US; Black and Brown Kids Should Attend Charter Schools

NY Schools Most Segregated in the US; Black and Brown Kids Should Attend Charter Schools

By Linda Nwoke Editorial credit: Darwin Brandis / Shutterstock.com In 2014, the Civil Rights Project at UCLA reported that New York State was the most segregated state in the nation for Black students. The problem persists. In an updated analysis using 2018 data, a new report released in June 2022 from the Civil Rights Project finds that […]