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Prisoners Near Death As 1,700 California Inmates Continue Hunger Strike To Protest Appalling Conditions Marie Diamond, Think Progress | July 13, 2011 A hunger strike started by prisoners at Pelican Bay to protest appalling conditions has spread across California as inmates at 13 prisons joined in solidarity. The number of inmates refusing food hit a peak […]

In the blogsphere there has been some uproar about comparing the civil rights movement of the 1950’s and 60’s to the Gay Rights Movement (which is moving forward with their victory in New York last week.) Apparently, many people find it “appalling” that this comparison is being made. Here are my thoughts: Just to say […]

Silje Sande an American Professor, discusses something called “The Necessary Tension.” She writes “In a democracy the tension between civil obedience and disobedience is a necessary tension.” She argues that Civil Disobedience confronts and holds accountable the norms that exist in society today. I think that black single mothers and families around the country should […]

Youth Say Race Still Matters—So What Are They Doing About It? Juell Stewart, Colorlines | June 28, 2011 Earlier this month, our publisher released a report, “Don’t Call Them Post-Racial,” which surveyed attitudes about race in key systems in U.S. society among young adults 18-25. Dom Apollon’s research team conducted focus groups with dozens of […]

Do fairer skinned black women get lighter sentences? Michelle Balani, The Grio | June 23, 2011 There has been a great deal of discussion and research centered around whether skin tone in the African-American community plays a role in a person’s success in life and their treatment of society. And now, it seems that the […]

Black male students face long odds Abbey Doyle , The Herald Bulletin, May 29, 2011 Plan to capture black youths on camera Giordano Fenzi, The Voice, May 29, 2011 If Joblessness and Hopelessness Undermine Democracy in the Middle East, What about Here at Home? Dave Lindroff, TCBH News, May 28, 2011 Teen brings toy Uzi […]

Before we move entirely away from the Dominique Strauss-Kahn story and on to the next sensational news event, let us take a few things with us. First, let me say the alleged crime committed by Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a New York hotel has pitted American culture against French culture in more than a few ways. […]

I know the NBA playoffs are in full swing, and Derrick Rose and the Bulls are annihilating the competition, but I just wanted to take a brief moment to talk about baseball. Before you yawn and  press the little “x” in the top right hand corner of your window allow me to explain the importance […]

  People have been speaking for centuries. In fact, some people have been yelling to the top of their lungs, and unfortunately (in far too many instances) to no avail. Matthew Hindman, in his new book on The Myth of Digital Democracy concludes his argument with a stark but honest lesson. “It may be easy […]

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 […]

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been detoxing.  That’s right.  No cheeseburgers, no jibaritos, no vanilla malts.  First a vegan diet, then a raw one, now a vegetable juice fast.  Although some of the stuff I’ve had tastes like ass terrible, I did enjoy much of it.  Coconut water, an acquired taste for many, […]

In Post Racial America Prisons Feast on Black Girls Rachel Pfeffer, New America Media | March 15, 2011 African American girls and young women have become the fastest growing population of incarcerated young people in the country. Efforts to stop mass incarceration focused on black girls are almost nonexistant in government policy, the media, foundations and […]