206 Search results for "election 2012"

This past week I got a chance to attend “A Ball.” These are events are are tagged as being apolitical by individuals in and outside of the LGBTQ community. I choose to look past the stereotypes of the Ballroom Scene and find potential for political action in this gay subculture. The creation of a Ballroom […]

The Black Youth Project is back with a brand new memo, examining the mobilization of black youth as we approach the 2012 election. A new analysis of voting data shows that political parties are failing to mobilize significant numbers of young people, and the historic youth turnout in 2008 may not be repeated in 2012.

Wisconsin’s controversial voter ID law, hailed as the ‘toughest in the nation,’ has been halted by Judge David Flanagan, pending an upcoming trial that will determine if it will be done away with altogether. Can we successfully stop the GOP-led assault on voting in time for the 2012 elections?

Jasiri X, Dee-1, and Rhymefest (Photo by Paradise Gray) The game is changing, especially in Hip-Hop. Now more than ever people are demanding more lyricism and content in their music. Just take a look at the list of MCs deemed the future of rap music, names like Kendrick Lamar, Jay Electronica, J. Cole and Big […]

Join BYP’s very own Jasiri X and Ebony Magazine’s Digital News and Lifestyle Editor Jamilah Lemieux for a fascinating online discussion about the political mobilization of Black Millennials during the 2012 Presidential Election. Learn more at BlackYouthProject.com!

I just got back yesterday from a 9 day trip to the West Coast that was one of the most productive, fun, and painful journeys I’ve ever experienced.  It started on February 10th in Portland, Oregon at Portland’s Sixth Annual Youth Summit. I was blessed to be a judge at the youth talent show competition, […]

The Black Youth Project presents ‘Historic Turnout Among Black Youth in 2004 and 2008,’ a new analysis of voting data that examines how the historic youth voter turnout in 2008 among young blacks and Latinos could impact the 2012 election.

What happens when the school system collaborates with clinical psychology and develops another way to keep children on the outside, away from the “able”? Apparently, the impact of this cooperative has been revealed in the conversations of Hip-Hop. Two artists in particular have intrigued me as they are representatives of generation Y; the age of […]

In an age of political rancor and disrespect I’m rarely surprised when I come across venomous attacks from both sides of the aisles.  Yet, a  a letter to the editor that was written a while ago in my hometown newspaper still troubles me. The article was entitled,  “With Obama as president, this patriot has no […]

On the eve of the 2010 midterm elections, I got together with Paradise the Architech and Cynik Lethal to do an ode to a group of Republican Women candidates I thought were well…crazy. Call it the Sarah Palin effect. At the time, Palin was still relevant and considered the Queen of the Tea Party. Cynik […]

Yesterday, the Obama Reelection Campaign launched African Americans for Obama, the arm of their Operation Vote campaign that will specifically appeal to the Black community; will engage Black business leaders, students at HBCUs, and even barbershop and beauty salon owners! Does he deserve your vote?

Today, we bring to you Malcolm X’s famous speech, “The Ballot or the Bullet.” Considered one of the greatest speeches in American history, X advocates for the putting aside of religious differences, and the exercising of one’s right to vote in the Black community; with the strong caveat that more drastic measures may be necessary if the needs of the Black community are still ignored.