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The New Jersey State Assembly has passed a bill on Thursday requiring school children be taught "mutual cooperation and respect" when interacting with police as a part of social studies class. This instruction on compliance, I mean, cooperation would begin in Kindergarten and continue all the way up until graduation. When the bill was initially introduced critics reasonably took issue that the implication was that sc...

The older I get, the more I am thankful for the awakening I’m witnessing in black America—an awakening that involves black adults specifically passing on a love of blackness to our children. One such adult is Lawrence Lindell, a Compton-based illustrator who created a picture book which expresses affection and admiration for girls of color. With each purchase of the book, From Black Boy With Love, Lindell sends the following r...

Big Sean and his mother, Myra Anderson, a former middle school teacher, have joined forces to create Mogul Prep, a national educational program that will help middle and high school students learn about the music business.

Mogul Prep is an initiative from The Sean Anderson Foundation. The foundation was started by Big Sean and his mother back in 2012 and focuses on giving young students in Detroit opportunities they may not hav...