Hazing Lawsuit: And the Deaths Keep Coming

July 03, 2011

A frat member has a radical proposal for preventing more tragedies like the one at the center of a $25 million wrongful-death lawsuit.

Basketball Wives Recap: New York, New York

All the wives (that matter) descend upon New York City. What drama awaits?

'Basketball Wives' Recap: Here's Tami!

Tami's working on her temper on Season 3 of Basketball Wives. But if these women keep pushing her ...

'Basketball Wives' Recap: Let the Wine Throwing Begin

Castmates are throwing things. The season has officially begun.

The Root Interview: dream hampton on 'Black August'

The hip-hop journalist steps behind the camera for her debut documentary, Black August.

The White Noise of 2010

Vox Africanus weighs in on the 2010 midterm elections. Tired of campaign ads yet?

Democrats Digging Deep for Support

Could the Democrats' approval ratings use a rescue mission?

CNN's Curious Math

Vox Africanus weighs in on the tricky politics of who stays and who goes on the cable news network.

The Jackson Family Affair

Vox Africanus weighs in on the political dynasty's extramarital affairs.

The Hazards of Blind Faith

Vox Africanus asks: Should anyone, even a man of God, be put on a pedestal?

Stepping Into Irrelevance?

October 05, 2010

What if black fraternities and sororities were asked by President Obama to place a moratorium on stepping for exactly one school year?

Around The World of Black Greekdom VI

Kappa Tavis Smiley is teaming with Alpha Cornel West, in a new radio show called Smiley & West

Around The World in Black Greekdom V

Eddie Long...Lil Wayne lyrics...and an Omega gets honored...all this week's Around The World in Black Greekdom

You Should Know This...AKA

Give me one year with a part time consultant and you may end up like me, hanging out 20 years later

Around The World in Black Greekdom IV

The University of South Florida Omegas allegedly hazed pledges on the underground...while not having enough members for an active chapter.

Frats and Sorors in Name Only? You Might Need to Get Dropped

For all the talk about the importance of making people pledge in order to get into the fraternity or sorority, we as members are remarkably silent on keeping the people who are already members accountable.

Around The World in Black Greekdom III

AKA help to fight diabetes in the black community and the frats give away scholarships

The Street Soldiers of the Omega Boys Club

The [violence] disease is transmitted by the germs of bad information, bad instruction, bad advice, and bad example that to young people appear to be good.

Welcome to the Underground Pledging Season!

In the coming months, thousands of black Greeks on college campuses are going to break their oath and bylaws in the coming months, and think nothing of it.

Around The World in Black Greekdom II

The weekly rundown of black Greek news.  The great, the good, and the not so good. It's all here.