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La Huelga, The Strike: Month-long Struggle in Puerto Rica
Eleven out of eleven campuses of University of Puerto Rico (UPR) are closed. The strike began on UPR’s Rio Piedras campus and has now spread to all the others. Students are in the fifth week of their strike in resistance of the budget cuts and reduction and elimination of financial aid in the UPR system. […]
From Arizona to South Africa: Is there Hope in the World?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1aRD79-OoQ Revolution begins with the self, in the self. Toni Cade Bambara Given the last six months world events—massive earthquake in Haiti, flooding in Nashville, killings in Palestine and Thailand, corrective rapes of lesbians in South Africa, Arizona legalized racial profiling law, oil spill that will forever effect the Gulf Coast, the lies about governmental […]
Distant Relatives Speak Truth To Power
What happens when you take one of the illest mc’s of all-time and put him on a track with a “toasting” reggae sensation? You get distant relatives. I’m not referring to your typical long lost cousin kind of distant relative, I’m talking about the family member who you never met but instantly click with. Although […]
What the NBA Playoffs Have Taught Me
As a sports fan, this is my favorite time of year. PGA and MLB are starting to hit a stride, teams are making moves to prepare for NFL season, Lawrence Taylor is in trouble with the law…again, NHL Playoffs are starting to heat up, it’s almost time for the 2nd of the Tennis Grand Slam […]
Documentary Trailer: "Waiting for Superman"
via Shadow and Act The first film to be acquired at the Sundance Film Festival this year – a documentary called Waiting For “Superman”, directed by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) about the crisis in public education in the USA, featuring leaders in the field of education, including Bill Gates of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO […]
Negro Is, Negro Ain't: On Erica Jong's Version of Oprah
Last week, Erica Jong wrote the most random “book review” (or something) I have ever read in my life. In her Huffington Post blog, Jong, apparently charged with discussing Kitty Kelley’s recently published unauthorized biography of Oprah Winfrey, essentially writes about knowing both Winfrey and Kelley, and admits that she hasn’t actually finished the text […]
March 22, 2010 – March 28, 2010
A wiser view of flash mobs Karen Heller, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 28, 2010 Education, careers give hope over violence Post Tribune Staff Writer, Gary Post Tribune March 28, 2010 Violence is never justified Randy Simmonds, Vail Daily, March 28, 2010 House Passes $600 Million In Funding For Summer Youth Jobs Programs Seattle Medium Staff Writer, The Seattle Medium, March […]
March 8, 2010 – March 14, 2010
Teenagers in need of direction can turn to apprenticeships Mary Beth Marklein, USA Today, March 14, 2010 BET’s Debra Lee seeks to improve black women’s images with leadership talks Krissah Thompson, Washington Post Staff Writer, March 13, 2010 Unity needed to help youth Emily Stewart, Poughkeepsie Journal, March 12, 2010 Student group celebrates women of color The Diamondback, Melissa […]
March 1, 2010 – March 7, 2010
Kansas City wants to close half its public schools Heather Hollingsworth, ABC News, March 7, 2010 Ludacris, Foxx target black youth in social media push on HIV Steve Sternberg, USA Today Local students win annual Black History Essay Contest Hope Young, The News Star, March 7, 2010 On Their Own at 18 Tyler Hayden, Santa […]
February 22, 2010 – February 28, 2010
Helping to Do Good by Looking Good David Gonzales, New York Times, February 28, 2010 San Diego students storm offices after noose found Elliot Spagat, The Associated Press, February 27, 2010 District May End N.C. Economic Diversity Program Robbie Brown, New York Times, February 27, 2010 Voices from UC San Diego’s Campus Community Heard at Teach-In […]
Tavis Smiley and Al Sharpton: The Street Fight Edition who will wear the Hood Crown
Some of you are wondering what this word “prognosticator” means. Well, I’m glad you asked young grass hopper. Webster defines it as someone who predicts the future or as someone who speaks powerful insights. Perhaps, at one point Tavis Smiley and Al Sharpton spoke powerful insights on behalf of Black communities. Of course, this was […]
February 15, 2010 – February 21, 2010
Students defend need for HBCUs Elizabeth Crisp, The Clarion Ledger, February 22, 2010 Black students gather in ‘Solidarity’ Grace Patuwo and Nikita Lalwani, Yale Daily News, February 22, 2010 For Many Latina Teens, Gang Life Adds to Stress Meribah Knight, New York Times, February 21, 2010 New leader vows she’ll bring ‘new generation’ to NAACP Samira Simone […]