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Israeli soldiers checking my passport at a checkpoint in Hebron  I honestly had no intention on writing a song based on the trip I took to Palestine and Israel recently as part of a delegation of African-American activists and artists, sponsored by the Carter Center. I’m still having a difficult time processing what I witnessed. I […]

African immigrants meeting outside of Levinsky Park in South Tel Aviv (photo by me) Below is an interview I did with SocialTV about the African refugees in Israel During our trip last week to Palestine and Israel, our delegation of artists and activists, including Dream Hampton, Ferrari Sheppard, Remi Kanazi,  Professor Robyn Spencer, and Bill Fletcher Jr. were […]

In the wake of Jesse Jackson Jr.’s legal woes, and with so many African American candidates vying for his spot, many are concerned the black vote will be split, and a white candidate will win the race. Would you be disappointed if he was replaced by a white politician?

Yolanda Barral, mother of Ellis Coleman, will get to see her son perform the Flying Squirrel in London. Ellis, a wrestler, became a YouTube sensation with his siganture move: