Category: Gender

• Cam Newton and the Curious Case of the Confident Black Person

  

  Superbowl 50 and the Press Conference from Hell Carolina Panthers Quarterback Cam Newton hasn’t had the best few weeks. On February 7, 2016, he and his team lost the Super Bowl to the Denver Broncos in front of a live audience of 114 million people. And there was a controversial Beyoncé halftime performance (that warrants…

  February 28, 2016

  equality, Equity, Gender, Manhood, Music, Newspaper, Politics, race, Social Media, Sports

• Depression, Struggle, and My Road to Self-Worth

  

  The Big 3-0 Turning thirty years old personally for me was a significant milestone and a year of significant transition. During my time growing up on Chicago’s South and West sides, I was placed in various foster homes starting at the tender age of three-years-old. Fortunately, I was adopted at the age of twelve. When…

  February 21, 2016

  Activism, Culture, Dating, Drugs, Economics, Education, Environment, Gender, Health, Manhood, mental health, Newspaper, Non-Profit, Poverty, race, Social Media, Veteran, violence, War, Writer