Big Homies strives to intervene in the lives of underprivileged young men facing the everyday…
Category: Feature
Athletes go from bling to broke
Talk to the average African American male teenager, and he’ll say he wants to grow…
An ultimate transformation moment
This week, our Ultimate Transformation Moment provides a follow-up to the last discussion, which focused…
Young music makers
It is not easy getting into the music industry these days. Even the artists who…
Mastering the music business
A bright-eyed youngster comes to the city with a small suitcase and big dreams. He…
Relative caregivers deserve more support
May is National Foster Care and Mental Health month. Whether by coincidence or done intentionally,…
The Legacy of Malcolm X
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – People across the U.S. are remembering the contributions and spirit of…
The media and the murder of Aiyanna Jones
When a little White girl goes missing, online news, supermarket tabloids and cable network stations…
Traveling the African Diaspora
To many African Americans in the past, vacation usually means visiting relatives “down South.” But…
Aging out of foster care
It was 1982, when Valerie Johnson aged out of the Los Angeles County foster care…

