On August 1, 370 boys walked into the BEST Academy of Atlanta to begin their first day school. What they weren’t expecting was the warm welcome they received upon their arrival. Grades 6 through 12 were greeted with loud cheers, handshakes, high-fives, hugs, and encouraging words from over 70 men. The inspirational welcome came in partnership […]
Spending nine years in prison, starting at age 16, will undoubtedly have an everlasting impact on one’s life. But in the case of Reginald Dwayne Betts, these years are precisely what made him the phenomenal man he is today. According to the New York Times, Betts was sentenced to nine years in prison for carjacking. He […]
When most people retire, they travel the world. They settle down and relax. They hang out on a beach with a refreshing drink highly saturated with alcohol. But not Shaquille O’Neal. He’s too busy trying to transform law enforcement—a system of power in the U.S. in need of a complete overhaul. That’s right, Shaq is planning […]
On this day three years ago, Michael Brown was fatally shot down by a white police officer. With this tragic event began a historic uprising in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri. Thousands of people from inside the state and across the country alike came together to protest police brutality. Today, Team CASSIUS remembers the […]
In a world where stories of violence targeting Black communities travel across TV, laptop and phone screens almost every second, there are moments when Black people need to relish in the incredible glow and offerings coming from artists who are young, Black, and gifted. Dancer and model Renaldo Maurice serves greatness in his most recent choreography […]
The St. Louis Children’s Hospital is now home to a first-of-its kind clinic for transgender teens and kids. The Transgender Center of Excellence, which opened the first week of August, is the only clinic of its kind within a 250-mile radius. According to its website, The Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital “offers […]
Kidd Creole née Nathaniel Glover, founding member of the Hip-hop group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, has been charged with second-degree murder without bail after fatally stabbing a homeless man. Glover believed that 55-year-old John Jolly was making a sexual advance as they passed each other on the street. The man allegedly said, “What’s up?” Glover […]
After nearly a week of backlash, Charlamagne Tha God finally addressed the blatant display of transphobia during an interview with Lil Duval on a recent episode of”The Breakfast Club.” On Thursday afternoon, PAPER published an update featuring a statement from Charlamagne. “We don’t condone those kind of hate crimes at all,” the statement reads. “Not even a […]
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