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READERS SPEAK
- "I want to thank you for helping to get us one step further. Reading discussions, articles, editorials such as the ones in Rise Up, voices what so many of us truly feel at heart."
Aurora, IL
- "I am so excited to find the second issue of Rise Up in this Sunday's Cincinnati Enquirer with a clear promise that we can look forward to hearing from you and your excellent staff each week. Today I will also send a letter to the Enquirer's publisher, Margaret Buchanan to congratulate her and her Editorial Board on sharing your publication with all of us.
Rise Up provides us all with both information and a focus for discussion over the dinner table and at the water fountain. Congratulations and thank you from the bottom of my heart. I signed up for your newsletter and look forward to future editions.
Los Angeles, CA
COVER STORY
Closing the Racial Divide
The mission of RiseUp Magazine is to engage the American public in a conversation about race, ethnicity, and culture, in order t...
The mission of RiseUp Magazine is to engage the American public in a conversation about race, ethnicity, and culture, in order t...
FEATURE STORY
On the Edge - Historic Baltimore neighb...
A thick red Oriental rug lies on the living floor of Ernestine Slaughter’s row house on the corner of St. Mary’s and Tessier str...
DEPARTMENTS
Shared Prayers - Enlightenment. Redemption. Love
I grew up in a family that placed its faith in hard work, talent and creativity. Writers and filmmakers, we made our living questioning authority, not bowing to it.
I grew up in a family that placed its faith in hard work, talent and creativity. Writers and filmmakers, we made our living questioning authority, not bowing to it.
Reading, Writing and the Recollection of a Son Raised by a Si...
I was introduced to the world of reading at the ripe old age of three. I used to sit on my mother's lap and listen to her read to me. It unlocked a world that was foreign. As I listened, I would gath...
I was introduced to the world of reading at the ripe old age of three. I used to sit on my mother's lap and listen to her read to me. It unlocked a world that was foreign. As I listened, I would gath...
What’s Wrong With the A-Word?
Sen. Biden got in trouble for calling Senator Obama "the first mainstream African-American who is articulate", now they're running mates. Is Sen. Biden the right VP choice for Sen. Obama?
Sen. Biden got in trouble for calling Senator Obama "the first mainstream African-American who is articulate", now they're running mates. Is Sen. Biden the right VP choice for Sen. Obama?
Inspiration & Insight
Words have such power - negative and positive - especially in our instant, interactive, interconnected digital society, where words can travel like wildfire all over the world in an instant. Imus, wh...
Words have such power - negative and positive - especially in our instant, interactive, interconnected digital society, where words can travel like wildfire all over the world in an instant. Imus, wh...
A True Compassionate Conservative
On Feb. 8, 1942, two months and a day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 13-year-old Herbert Inouye, his mother, his brother and three others shoved as much of their lives as they could into a car, a...
On Feb. 8, 1942, two months and a day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 13-year-old Herbert Inouye, his mother, his brother and three others shoved as much of their lives as they could into a car, a...
"STICKY WICKET" QUESTIONS
This is where we get real. Each week, Sticky Wicket takes on a thorny question about a racial, ethnic, cultural or religious issue. These are the tough topics - the things people don't like talking a...
This is where we get real. Each week, Sticky Wicket takes on a thorny question about a racial, ethnic, cultural or religious issue. These are the tough topics - the things people don't like talking a...
Texas Hill Country - Strudel, Biergartens & Cowboys
Stereotypes can really lead you astray. Take Texas, for example. You may think the entire state is flat, hot and dusty. Then you haven't seen the Texas Hill Country. This lovely corridor covering som...
Stereotypes can really lead you astray. Take Texas, for example. You may think the entire state is flat, hot and dusty. Then you haven't seen the Texas Hill Country. This lovely corridor covering som...
EYES ON THE ENTERPRISE
Although the number of minority-owned businesses has grown significantly during the past 20 years...
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