The Cravings Truck owners Johnathon Sellers and Kianta Key pose outside of their mobile restaurant in Tallahassee, Florida (Image: Source) Like most recent graduates, Kianta Key, 25, and Johnathon Sellers, 28, were focused on their next steps. After watching a Travel Channel special on food...

A who’s who crowd filled with Black digerati, young and seasoned influencers and media pioneers convened in New York City Tuesday for a premiere screening of CNN’s Black In America 4,  The New Promised Land: Inside Silicon Valley, which airs this Sunday, November 13 at 8 p.m. ET.  Hosted...

President Obama scored big with the youth vote during the 2008 presidential race and he’s hoping this demographic will support him as he gears up for the 2012 election. With a Pew Research Center report showing 66% of voters under 30 voted for the commander-in-chief, it’s no surprise Mr....

Halloween is meant to be fun, but on a college campus things can often go too far. It’s this exact reason that an Ohio University student organization is taking a stand against racist Halloween costumes. Students Teaching Against Racism (STARS) launched a poster campaign to ignite a...

Boomerang Kids: Moving back in with your parents isn't a bad thing (Image: Thinkstock) I should have taken the letter sent from my journalism school—the one informing parents of soon-to-be graduates about the current job market and not to be taken aback by brief unemployment—a little...

As the Occupy Wall Street protests hit day 24, people are beginning to see more and more sprinkles of color among the growing crowd of demonstrators. Not to mention the demonstrations are spreading outside of Manhattan’s Financial District to Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas and...

Not everyone had the fortunate opportunity to check into nearly every location en route to class via smartphone, accept a Facebook friend request from their not-so-favorite professor, or shamefully tweet about the adult beverage being indulged at 2am on a school night. (You forgot you were...

Whether you know young tastemaker Vashtie Kola as King Vashtie, Vash Money or her most popular nickname “Downtown’s Sweetheart,” there’s one thing for sure: she’s an innovator. The Albany, New York-native has found success as an entrepreneur, director, deejay, party promoter, and...

Post-graduation, emotions are running abnormally high. Normal thoughts (Think: what am I going to eat for lunch? Or, should I apply for this job posting? ) become consumed by images of loan sharks calling mercilessly to collect back payments and, even worse, your array of possessions reduced...

Ashley Stephens, a finance and accounting double major at Syracuse University, is still adjusting to the 12-hour time difference between the States and Shanghai, China.  The rising senior spent most of her summer break enrolled in SU Abroad’s The Ascent of the Chinese Economy, followed by...