Tag Archives: Black America

Are We Witnessing the Emergence of A Black Spring?

Posted on May 5, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Priscilla Ocen & Khaled A. Beydoun View image | gettyimages.com In the spring of 2010, we witnessed massive protests in the Arab World. The people of Egypt, Tunisia and Libya had enough; they had enough of the violence propagated … Continue reading →

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The career assassination of Cornel West: A messy intellectual divorce reveals layers of broken heart — and to what end?

Posted on April 21, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Menash Demary Independent of one’s stance on the rift between Michael Eric Dyson and Cornel West — a rift years in the making and now clearly delineated in the form of Dyson’s essay on West in the New Republic, … Continue reading →

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The Ghost of Cornel West

Posted on April 20, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Michael Eric Dyson View image | gettyimages.com Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned” is the best-known line from William Congreve’s The Mourning Bride. But I’m concerned with the phrase preceding it, which captures wrath in more universal … Continue reading →

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Black America Is Just 72 Percent Equal To White America. In Some Areas, The Inequality Is Worse Than That.

Posted on March 25, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Nick Wing & Alissa Scheller A report released last week holds troubling findings about lasting inequality across the African-American community.The 2015 “State of Black America” study, conducted by the National Urban League, finds that black Americans fare worse than … Continue reading →

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From 1963 to 2013: Is black America better off 50 years after ‘I Have a Dream’

Posted on August 28, 2013 by The Soul Brother
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