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Ari Berman's "The GOP's War on Voting"
Ari Berman’s “The GOP’s War on Voting” American politics has never been messier. With Fox News, CNN and MSNBC relentlessly competing for our ears, the result is a cacophony of competing ideas. To be sure, our current political climate is a stormy, confusing one; with an endless array of twists, turns and doublespeak that make […]
News Flash: Racists Still Think Crosses Are Scary, Lil Wayne Opens Big, and Joe Walsh Backtracks On "Idiotic" Obama Comment
September 7, 2011 Idiotic Senator Joe Walsh has apologized for calling President Obama “idiotic”. He then somehow both downplayed and stood behind statements he made earlier this year asserting that President Obama was only elected because he’s black. Without question, Barack Obama has got to be the most disrespected President of all time. I wonder […]
Eco Justice is Social Justice
Social justice and activism are embedded into my core. A world full of suffering, strife,and squalor are my motivation to provide the most marginalized communities with resources and support. Throughout my life I’ve used my innate ability to communicate as a tool to help close disparities and empower people who feel disillusioned by living on the […]
What You Should Be Watching Instead of the Throne
This aint a Jay Z, Kanye or “Watch the Throne” hate post. I’m listening to the album right now and it’s pretty good. But while we’re caught in the hype of 2 of Hip-Hop’s biggest stars coming together and all the #WTT tweets and reviews, it’s a lot more important stuff going on the world […]
Eric Holder Calls Texas Suspensions of Black Students A ‘Wake-up Call’
Eric Holder Calls Texas Suspensions of Black Students A ‘Wake-up Call’ Julianne Hing, Colorlines | July 26, 2011 Last week came troubling news about the impact of zero tolerance policies in schools when the Justice Center at the Council of State Governments released findings from a six-year study that showed that nearly sixty percent of Texas […]
Black Families Were Better Off During Slavery. Huh?
I don’t expect much from Michelle Bachmann. Anyone who claims to understand U.S. history but states that the “founding fathers” did not care about skin color is clearly a deluded revisionist. Yes, Bachmann actually said, “It didn’t matter the color of their skin. It didn’t matter their language. It didn’t matter their economic status,” Bachmann […]
Race is the 'Strongest Predictor' of Disparities in Birth Outcomes
Race is the ‘Strongest Predictor’ of Disparities in Birth Outcomes Annie Gldzhyan, The Loop 21 | July 11, 2011 Enormous stressors and hardships are some reasons to why there is a disparity in birth outcomes. “Any state you look at, you see the same disparities, and race is the strongest predictor of disparities,”says Dr. Deborah Ehrenthal, […]
Beyonce's "4": THE REVIEW
Beyonce she makes this shit look easy on 4; these are soulful, rollicking, and relentlessly charismatic performances that could only be turned in by an artist that is 100% confident and comfortable in her own skin. 4 is what happens when a great artist has nothing left to prove. And it is a stunning album.
April 11, 2011 – April 17, 2011
When schools separate Carl KenneyThe Durham News, April 17, 2011 Montgomery County’s search for a school superintendent with staying power Robert Samuels, The Washington Post, April 17, 2011 Minority engineering programs celebrate 40 years Nicole Wentling, Kansan News, April 17, 2011 Emancipation is hard to celebrate when kids are still slave to city’s violence Courtland […]
The Price of Choosing Jails Over Schools
The Price of Choosing Jails Over Schools Latoya Peterson, The Root | April 9, 2011 As federal, state and local governments across the nation slash their budgets to close looming shortfalls, there is one clear winner in the budget battles: correctional systems, which cost the nation nearly $70 billion annually. During the last two decades, funding […]
Young, Black, and Restless!
As political pundits, political action committees, and politicians gear up for what is bound to be another bare knuckle brawl in 2012, young activists around the country are setting agendas to intending to move their issues from the margins to the center of American life. As scholar/activist, Dr. Cathy Cohen, points out in her book […]
Protests in Wisconsin: Where are the Black People? or Is it another White’s People Movement?
Thousands of people have convened at the Wisconsin’s state capital to protest Republican Governor Scott Walker’s unjust actions of sponsoring and roguishly pushing a bill that will destroy collective bargaining in the state of Wisconsin. Mind you, for days on in, I have watched both the online and offline media coverage of the protest. I […]