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Former child star claims Disney ‘sexualized’ young actresses

The ‘Suite Life’ star says Disney Channel sexualized its young female cast members. (LifeSiteNews) — An actor who starred as a child in a hit Disney Channel show with his twin brother said the network “sexualized” its young actresses. Cole Sprouse, who starred in “The Suite Life of Zach and Cody,” told the New York Times that Read More…

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Meet the Black Educator Whose Workbooks Are Being Used in Ghana, Haiti, Mexico and South Korea

Nationwide — Rosa Higgs, an African American educator and the author of Read in 40 Hours or Less workbook series, is celebrating that her books are being used by teachers, parents, and students all across the U.S. and all over the world. She is receiving orders from as far away as Ghana, Haiti, Mexico, and South Korea. According Read More…

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Our Black Children Learning Financial Skills From Early Age At Home

Nationwide — Ruby “Sunshine” Taylor, a graduate of Howard University and the founder of Financial Joy School based in Baltimore, Maryland is proud to introduce Project 10,000, an initiative geared towards providing essential financial education to black and brown youth and families through the financial literacy card game, LEGACY! Card Game. The initiative is supported by a $250,000 Read More…

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Black Children VS. Juvenile Court System

In October 2021, ProPublica published a gutting and outrageous narrative of a juvenile court judge who oversaw a system that jailed children at extraordinary rates, and a county full of officials who collaborated or looked the other way. In one particularly egregious case that reporters Meribah Knight and Ken Armstrong found, several Black children were arrested Read More…

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Rent Increases

Krystal Guerra’s Miami apartment has a tiny kitchen, cracked tiles, warped cabinets, no dishwasher and hardly any storage space. But Guerra was fine with the apartment’s shortcomings. It was all part of being a 32-year-old graduate student in South Florida, she reasoned, and she was happy to live there for a few more years as Read More…

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Major Robert Lawrence, USA’s 1st Black Astronaut

Photo courtesy NASA Major Robert Lawrence USA’s 1st Black Astronaut has never been mention nor have we ever knew of his greatness and brillant accomplishments to our Nation.  Here it is. On December 8, 1967, a specially modified F-104 Starfighter rolled down the runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The weather was cool Read More…