I admire Shaka, the man in this video, who has the courage and fortitude to tell young black men the truth. He is calling on young men to “Pull your self-esteem up. Turn your life around.” In the video he tells of how your “friends” will abandon you after you are sentenced to the penitentiary. [...]

I’m working on helping parents find lawyers to take on their cases in dealing with bullying and girl fights. I believe this is an issue for the courts because  the government is not providing funding to solve the problem of bullying and girl fighting. Why do you think there is a rise in bullying? Why [...]

In the US, with a criminal justice system that has wrongly convicted people over and over again, I am outraged that we still use capital punishment. I studied criminology as an undergraduate student at Hampton University and some more as a graduate student at Morehead State University. The one thing that I continued to find [...]

Alexis Simpson is the 19-year-old Bowie State student who is accused of murdering her 18-year-old roommate, Dominique Frazier. According to various news reports Alexis and Dominique didn’t get along particularly well and after an argument that began over music, a physical altercation began. Those are all the details that I have to share at the [...]

Last Thursday we had Retaliation radio. The topic was: Should you leave the hood after you’ve made it. The topic was inspired by the shooting death of M-Bone, a member of Cali Swag District–the group who brought you “Teach Me How To Dougie.” Please listen to the show. It’s a good one. Thanks to Shaka [...]

I’ve written books that deal with with it, I’ve shot two films that expose it, but now I’m putting additional articles on this blog that will give specific strategies to help schools reduce violence and deal with bullying, fights, etc. These suggestions should be taken directly to your school’s principal, the Parent/Teacher Association, Student Government [...]

I just finished watching the documentary, Deliver Us From Evil which is about the 30-year pedophile history of Father Oliver O’Grady who molested, raped and abused countless children in California from the 70′s and onward. The documentary shows how the Catholic church moved Father O’Grady from place to place, still allowing him to be in [...]

Yesterday, the news was buzzing about a middle school girl who was beaten so badly that she had to receive 2 craniotomies (had her head opened up and operated on.) The victim, 15 year old, Josie Lou Ratley is still in critical condition and her attacker, Wayne Treacy, 15, has been charged with attempted murder. [...]

According to www.msnbc.com, a body recently found is likely to be missing teen, 17 year old, Chelsea King. Chelsea was a straight A student who’d gone missing 5 days prior.  John Albert Gardner, 30, was arrested on suspicion of rape and murder. To this I say, be as careful as you can when you see [...]

Lil Wayne gets sentenced today on charges stemming from this incident. The blogosphere has been all the buzz with the going away parties that he’s had over the weekend. Whatever happens he reports to Rikers today. Today I also kick off the first day of my 2010 Politics of Hip Hop Culture tour. And for [...]

In the latest episode of Every Corner, a teen shares how her life was impacted by gang violence. I used a blackbox over the teen’s face to protect her and her family’s identity. After watching, please take a moment and rate the video.

According to recent research, Human Trafficking is the second largest criminal industry in the world. Who gets trafficked? And where does it happen. A couple of days ago I posted Lindsey Lohan’s new documentary which depicts child trafficking India. Women and girls get trafficked for sex all throughout the world. Boys and men get trafficked [...]