Black Holes: Ominous, dark, powerful. In a word: black. Up until now, scientists haven’t been able to really picture much more than that. However, for the first time in history, we now have an actual photo of what black holes look like. Thanks to more than a decade’s worth of hard work, researchers working on the Event Horizon Telescope project have been able to capture a picture of a black hole … [Read more...]
Michael Jackson shunned after release of HBO documentary
“Just beat it, beat it, no one wants to be defeated… Showin' how funky and strong is your fight, It doesn't matter who's wrong or right.” Most of you probably recognize these popular lyrics from Michael Jackson’s song “Beat It.” Jackson, also known as the “King of Pop,” was a talented musician with many accomplishments, including having won eight Grammys in just one night in 1984. But … [Read more...]
Bipartisan Incompetence
By Adam Aikens On Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, President Donald J. Trump met with Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to discuss options concerning border security funding. Where you would expect elected officials to at least establish steps to balanced compromises. Instead, they bickered in front of cameras. Eleven days later, the government officially … [Read more...]
Climate does not equal weather, Mr. President; I learned this in fifth grade.
As of 2018, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is the highest it has been in the last three million years, according to Concentration.org. Read that again. Three million years. In the fall of last year, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted that the Earth is on a path for a “climate catastrophe by 2030” (Forbes.com). That is 11 years from … [Read more...]
Kamala Harris Run for Presidency: Is It a Minstrel Show for Black Voters?
January 21st of 2019, the day Kamala Harris announced her candidacy for president, garnered heavy media attention. Black women prior to her - Shirley Chisholm who ran in 1972, Lenora Fulani in 1988 and 1992 and Carol Moseley-Braun in 2004 - all give a reason why, especially now, that America needs women in office. Although Harris might represent change, given that she is black and a woman, her … [Read more...]