This story broke my heart! Yet again the justice system fails for the black community. Where is everyone at the NRA? Why aren’t we marching? Who’s talking about this at the water cooler at work? As I see it she probably would have gotten less time if she would’ve shot the bastard. Spread the word [...]
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Alfred Liggins Radio One Exec | Talks Money and Black Radio
May 16th, 2012 
degreesunltd We’ve come to a point in this country where we will sacrifice our youth for the money. The Almighty dollar.
Rihanna Interview Controversy
April 12th, 2012 Jazzywaggs People make music for a number of different reasons, but it is usually because they love what they do. Right now, Rihanna is the hot topic of the day after she abruptly ended an interview with the Australian news channel Sunrise after they moved from career talk to questions about her love life. RiRi has [...]
Where Is The Justice For Trayvon Martin? (911 tapes released)
March 18th, 2012 degreesunltd Sometimes I’m so wrapped up in my own worries and problems I miss things going on in the world… but last night the Trayvon story came across my plate and I started reading up on what had been happening or the lack there of. Another senseless murder of a young black male. To [...]
Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj…Teacher Awards?
February 15th, 2012 degreesunltd When a rapper with racy lyrics and an image portraying sex and drugs is just a way of life and a female rapper confusing the a generation of females to think they’re all Barbies… is honoring them as teachers just society laying down and accepting the status quo? I’m just sayin Via BlackNews.com Nationwide (February [...]
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No Comments »Eddie Barnett Jr. Foundation – Still keeping his memory alive
February 9th, 2012 degreesunltd By Landra Glover It’s been seven years since that fatal day when Teena Johnson’s son Eddie Barnett Jr. collapsed on Madison High School’s gymnasium floor while playing in a basketball game. An autopsy later revealed that Eddie had died due to a heart condition called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)which is usually discovered after it’s too late. [...]
Posted in News Tags: Eddie Barnett Jr., Foundation, Grant High School, HCM, Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Non-Profit No Comments »Real Talk: Roundtable with Mayor Sam Adams on the Oppression of Black Nightlife
October 24th, 2011 degreesunltd If you like this post..Please be sure to check my boy’s Blog Black Collar In a medium-sized city like Portland, Oregon where Black people make up a dismal 6% of the population, it’s not hard to imagine that African American culture is stifled at every turn. Two huge parts of any culture are music and [...]
Posted in Editors picks, News Tags: 360 DegreesUnlimited, Black Nightlife, Chase Freeman, Mac Smiff, Mayor Sam Adams, Oppression, Portland, Real Talk, Roundtable, Terminill No Comments »African-Americans buying power to reach $1.1 trillion…
October 21st, 2011 degreesunltd My question is what are we buying and why are we not investing?? African Americans wield considerable consumer power by Staff October 19, 2011 WASHINGTON, D.C.– African-Americans’ buying power is expected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2015, according to The State of the African-American Consumer Report, released today, collaboratively by Nielsen, a leading global provider [...]
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