The first thing that strikes many about Amiri Baraka‘s poetry, most especially his later works, is that it carried the sharp tone of an oppressed,…
Countee Cullen (pictured), a poet who rose to fame during the Harlem Renaissance, was a contemporary of famed writer Zora Neale Hurston. Cullen amassed an…
Piyush Jindal (pictured) has the sort of story many immigrants (and minorities in general, for that matter) find inspirational. As the son of two Indian…
Sierra “Cece” Sims (pictured) was an exemplary and popular student at her Tennessee high school, but when the teen entered college, the stakes were higher…
This morning, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie fired a top aide who engineered political payback against a town mayor for his non-support in Christies re-election…