Tim Wise: Racism, Barack Obama and the Selective Call for Personal Responsibility
Tim Wise is an author and educator who is vocal about race matters and racism in the United States. In response to President Barack Obama’s commencement address to Morehouse College graduates yesterday, More...
An Oversimplification of her Beauty: Anything But Simple!
A multifaceted mélange of art and music woven together to tell an ordinary story in an extraordinary way. To question oneself repeatedly, remembering small pieces of a puzzle once forgotten that when remembered, More...
The Bard in Africa! BAM Offers Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar With A New Perspective
This spring, among the many outstanding productions they will offer, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) of London and The Ohio State University, will present More...
Ignorance Not An Excuse for NY Politician Dov Hikind in Blackface Costume
As we near the end of Black History Month 2013, we are reminded that ignorance, intolerance and the promotion of racist principles continue. This time the offense comes from none other than a powerful New York More...
“Cover Art” by NEXT Collective – It’s What’s NEXT in Jazz
If you’ve been waiting for the next generation of jazz artists to hit the music scene, wait no more. Sit back, put your feet up, and behold the change in atmosphere as you follow this group of young musicians More...
“Betty and Coretta” – A Tale of Two Women
Dr. Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King are heroines of their generation. Widows of two of the most important men in our rich African-American history, Betty and Coretta endured danger and degradation during More...
President Obama: Make a Speech in Chicago Addressing the Crisis of Gun Violence
BBN received in our inbox this petition urging President Barack Obama to stand up, and make a speech in Chicago addressing the crisis of gun violence. In 2012, there were 506 reported homicides in Chicago, the More...
‘Inner City Blues’: Timothy Stansbury – 1984 to 2004
On January 24, 2004, Timothy Stansbury, an unarmed 19-year-old was shot and killed by New York City Police Officer Richard S. Neri, Jr., while he patrolled the roof top of the Louis Armstrong Housing development More...
NYPD’s ‘Operation Clean Halls’ Unconstitutional in Bronx. What Happens Citywide?
Yesterday, a Federal Judge in New York ruled ‘unconstitutional’ a key tactic, Operation Clean Halls, used by NYPD in its controversial ‘stop, question and frisk’ policy. In her ruling, U.S District More...
DEC 2012: Unemployment Rate Increased for Blacks, Latinos
In December the unemployment rate for Blacks was 14.0 percent, and for Latinos 9.6%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly Employment Situation report. For Blacks the rate increased from 13.2% in November; More...