Rap Genius, 07/13/12

The Internet's premier hip-hop lyrics website

The album's trio of standout tracks -- "Sweet Life," "Lost," and "Bad Religion" -- show how captivating beats elevate Frank Ocean to best-in-class status.

Marian Wright Edelman, 07/13/12

President, Children's Defense Fund

This year, let's all be alert. Be active. Use your power as one citizen and vote. Don't let anyone take it away from you. Let's mount an urgent and systematic state-by-state fight against the latest kinds of disenfranchisement.

Matt Weber, 07/13/12

Host, "The Harvard EdCast"

Promoting his new children's book, Chocolate Me!, with illustrator and friend Shane Evans, Diggs (nor myself) could really have anticipated what happened next

Morris W. O'Kelly, 07/11/12

Radio commentator; Syndicated columnist; Author, The Mo'Kelly Report

Bill Maher may have "New Rules" on his television program, but in relation to Black men, some old ones are still in effect.

Chris Collins, 07/12/12

Vice President and Director, Public Policy, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research

On the second anniversary of this country's first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy, it's worth thinking about what has gone right, and where we go next.

Reverend William E. Flippin, Jr., 07/12/12

Shepherd/Servant Leader and Advocate for the Poor

A biblical perspective in God's hiddenness encourages us not to become overly anxious. God does, in fact, reveal Himself but perhaps not in the way some demand.

Miguel Columna, 07/12/12

Co-Founder, conPRmetidos

It is obvious to our generation that Puerto Rico is in dire need of similar innovative and evidence-based models and programs to start tackling the current unprecedented socioeconomic crisis.

Marybeth Gasman, 07/11/12

Professor of Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education

College student choice is even more complicated for African American students, who often feel conflicted due to the impact that their choice has on others -- those in black communities and in their own families.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, 07/10/12

Civil rights activist

This economy is not working for most Americans. With hard-hit families tightening their belts, employers won't hire until they see a lot more customers with cash in their pockets.

Shane Paul Neil, 07/11/12

Author, 'Growing Rapidly'

As a child I was beaten by bullies, robbed by bullies, humiliated by bullies. I learned to fight back -- sometimes physically, sometimes with words, and occasionally with pranks. Do I advocate violence among children? No -- no more than I advocate violence anywhere. I do advocate wit and resiliency.

Network Awesome, 07/11/12

The Best TV Network in the World

In the pop music pantheon, guitar gods are a dime a dozen, ditto great sax-men, drummers, or trumpet players, but if you're looking for someone to sit in on the vibraphone in a hypothetical all-star band, there's no other choice than Lionel Hampton.

Dion Rabouin, 07/10/12

Freelance Journalist

Black folks are wasting hundreds of dollars of their hard-earned money on prepaid checking cards and check cashing establishments. The latest profiteer in this industry is a man I've come to expect better from, Magic Johnson.

Deborah Plummer, 07/10/12

Diversity Solutions Thought Leader

The lessons on how to manage differences are many: level the playing field, respect everyone's background and what they bring to the table, value the varied ways of knowing that lead to creative solutions to life's most challenging problems.

Arianna Huffington, 07/09/12

We cannot overestimate the devastating human consequences of our unemployment crisis. But there is a danger that by focusing exclusively on what is not working, we are missing out on spotlighting what is working. That's the belief behind the new jobs section we're launching today, Opportunity: What Is Working. In partnership with LinkedIn, Starbucks, Microsoft, The Amelior Foundation, The Ford Foundation, The Skoll Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, Startup America, Purpose.com, Valencia College, and NBC News, we are planning to use the national party conventions as powerful platforms for presenting what should be a fundamentally bipartisan issue: what we the people can do to accelerate job creation and fill job openings. As Ray Chambers put it: we will commit to "encourage everyone in the private sector, from businesses to individuals, to try and use creative and new ideas to help someone else get connected to an economic opportunity."

Atim Oton, 07/10/12

Designer and Co-Founder of Black Design News Network

African needs thinkers to carve the change. Bongani Madondo thinks deeply. South Africans really needs to listen to the voice of his generation. Change is needed and it is time for the literary thinkers to run things.

Contessa Gayles, 07/09/12

For many natural women today, self-confidence trumps racial pride and self-discovery takes priority over sisterhood. Convenience, time management, budget and health are on women's long and diverse lists of reasons to go natural.

Linnie Frank Bailey, 07/10/12

So-Cal based writer

'Hustling' was more than just a song and dance in L.A.'s working class neighborhoods. It was also a way of life, and hustling was a term commonly used to describe doing whatever it took to bring in additional income.