Last month the Bureau of Justice Statistics confirmed that rapes and sexual assault of U.S. prison inmates have reached epidemic proportions. The data states that nearly one in 10 prisoners report having been raped or sexually assaulted by other inmates, staff, or both. In 2003, Congress created a separate report by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, which challenges to take the issue seriously, ...

  It’s not just the racy lyrics that have people talking about the release of the remix to Rihanna’s “Birthday Cake” song from her album entitled “Loud.”  The track was leaked on her birthday, February 20th 2012, but it’s the guest artist on the remix that really has tongues wagging.  The guest artist on the remix is no other than ...

“I’ll rape a pregnant b*tch and tell my friends I had a threesome.” These words came from Tyler the Creator , leader of the “musical” collective, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, just one of the many Hip-Hop artists who’ve taken the power of free speech and used it to mangle their own community.  Disrespect for women has become par for the course in the language Hip-Hop, not to mention messages about excessive drug/alcohol abuse, sexual irresponsibility, the murdering of one Black man by another and financial irresponsibility. SEE ALSO: Study: Pot Makes Workers Lazy

Like the rest of America, I found myself getting sick after reading about the sex abuse scandal at Penn State University .  The detailed reports are nothing less than mortifying, and I am among those who believe that this university should pay tens of millions to the victims and their families in order to make things right. I also find myself wondering if anyone other than former Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky should be going to jail over this – there appear to be numerous accomplices who should be losing more than just their jobs.

When the now infamous allegations against Bishop Eddie Long first surfaced, the world – and specifically the African American community – paused for a seemingly endless moment. Attempting to cope with the complexity of the situation, we began questioning everything from faith and leadership, to sexuality and civic responsibility. Accountability and Responsibility An ongoing issue within the Catholic Church, this was the first time that we within the Black Church were faced with the troubling notion of pedophilia and abuse of power.

For nearly an entire week, the Chris Brown/Rihanna alleged abuse incident has dominated major news media headlines. Unfortunately, these sensationalized reports did less to elucidate the national epidemic of violence against women and more to cement into our national psyche the idea that the new face of domestic abuse is young, Black and hip-hop