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Georgia Prison Strike & Why We Need Our Own Media

Did you know one of the largest prison protests in US history took place last week? If you said no that’s not surprising considering it was not covered by corporate funded mainstream media. The word got out through conscious bloggers like Davey D, effective uses of social media like Twitter and Facebook and by the hard work and efforts of some a the few independent and unafraid media outlets we have left.

According to the Final Call Newspaper (the last standing black owned weekly international newspaper),

“Fed up with bad food, unjust treatment, poor education and inadequate health care, thousands of inmates in Georgia’s prison system staged “Lockdown for Liberty,” a peaceful protest on Dec. 9, according to activists”
Dropout rate for Calif. black students hits 37%
Dropout rate for Calif. black students hits 37% Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle | December 8, 2010 More than a third of California’s African American public high school students dropped out before graduation day, a startling number and one that’s on the rise, according to 2009 data released Tuesday. The 37 percent African American dropout rate, […]
Midterms, Free Snicker Bars, and Democracy.
Every Sunday morning after I thank the Big man above for waking me up I usually roll out of bed and turn on the Sunday political talk shows. Like a caffeine addict, I usually need my political fix around 9 am. I’m not much of a coffee drinker, but if I was I would probably […]
Fed anti-bullying campaign falls short for black kids
Fed anti-bullying campaign falls short for black kids Monique W. Morris, The Grio | October 28, 2010 Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued a “Dear Colleague” letter to educators, elevating the importance of reducing bullying in schools. In the 10-page letter, Assistant Secretary Russlynn Ali wrote, “some student misconduct that falls under […]
Don't Whip Your Vote Back And Forth: The Case For Alexi Giannoulias
I did not intend to write a political blog this week. After watching Kanye West’s Runaway short film I was fully intent on blogging about the creative genius of the Louie Vuitton Don. I watched the 34-minute film three times, and meticulously took notes on the subliminal messages evoked by the ballerinas in the all […]
Obama Tells LGBT Youth "It Gets Better"
October 22, 2010 (Colorlines) President Barack Obama has a message for LGBT kids: He doesn’t know “what it’s like to be picked on for being gay,” but he does know “what it’s like to grow up feeling that sometimes you don’t belong.” Obama and Secretary of State HIllary Clinton are the latest politicians to join the […]
Discipline rate of black students in Del., elsewhere is probed
Discipline rate of black students in Del., elsewhere is probed Nichole Dobo, USA Today | October 17, 2010 WILMINGTON, Del. — The U.S. Department of Education‘s office of civil rights is investigating whether black male students are punished disproportionately in theChristina School District in Wilmington andNewark, one of five districts nationwide under scrutiny for its discipline record. […]
October 4, 2010 – October 10, 2010
Anti-gay black preachers supporting lesbian mayoral candidate in Oakland, Calif. Staff Writer, Chicago News, October 10, 2010 NAACP holds event to address youth violence in St. Louis Staff Writer, KMOV News, October 10, 2010 Black youth in need of mentors Earlena Boswell, The Fam-U, October 10, 2010 Students Learn Power of the Press Nancy Chapman, […]
Pledge To America Needs To Be On Contract With America
History always has a way of repeating itself. Madonna & Lady Gaga, Sarah Palin & Christine O’Donnell, Mike Tyson & Chris Brown. When debating in the hallowed halls of Congress many elected officials use history as vital reference points for their arguments in favor or opposition of legislation. Ideally the historical roadmap should guide the […]
The End of an Era
In life everything comes to an end. (Well most things, poverty is staying pretty consistent on us). But for the most part, things come to an end, eventually. I for one never thought my senior year of high school would end, as the sickness of senioritis went into full fruition at the end of my […]
CPS: New admissions policy has little effect on diversity
CPS: New admissions policy has little effect on diversity Azam Ahmed, Chicago Tribune, July 20, 2010 An overhaul in the admissions process for selective public schools across the city had little impact on overall diversity, Chicago school officials said this morning. The new process came on the heels of the dismissal of a federal requirement […]
Nikki Haley, Barack Obama, And Religious Indigestion
If you took all the shrimp from Bubba’s shrimp farm, sausage from Oscar meyer’s factory, vegetables from Whole Foods produce section, and fat back special seasoning you woud have world class gumbo, and probably some serious indigestion. Although you may be hooked on Tums for the next 24 hours, you would probably feel like your […]