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Alabama's Hate Bill Drags the State Back to it's Ugly Past.
Che “Rhymefest” Smith and Jasiri X outside 16th St Baptist Church in Birmingham (Photo by Paradise Gray) State Senator Scott Beason, one of the principle architects of Alabama’s anti-immigration bill HB56, is a racist. That’s not just my opinion, that’s what he was called by U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson. Beason was a key witness […]
32 Years of Assata Shakur and The Prison Industrial Complex
“Never in our history has critical resistance to the status quo been more important. The growth of the Prison-Industrial complex has been appallingly rapid and the escalating repression that has accompanied it is totally alarming. What future lies ahead of us? What are the implications for our children?”
Attacking the IMF guy
Head of IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and presidential favorite in Paris’ upcoming elections jailed for attempted sexual assault on a black immigrant hotel worker. Damn! That’s a lot. Would he go to jail? No. Fast forward to today and he sits in Riker’s Island waiting to appeal yet again to a judge for release from his […]
February 7, 2011 – February 13, 2011
As costs rise, colleges say aid to students is rising, too Staff Writer, Duluth News Tribune, February 13, 2011 All cultures should support Youth Radio D’Shannon Brown, Greenville News, February 12, 2011 From Florida, school reform that works Katherine Kersten, Star Tribune, February 12, 2011 Young black males are focus of discussion Jon Hand, Roc […]
Black Fraternity Comes Out in Force for Their Undocumented Brother
Black Fraternity Comes Out in Force for Their Undocumented Brother Channing Kennedy , Colorlines| January 28, 2011 Yesterday at the Center for American Progress, Sam Fulwood III introduced us to an young immigrant’s story that’s all too familiar, but with a ray of hope. Mario Perez is a 22-year-old college student in Nacogdoches, Texas, who came […]
Week of October 26, 2009 – November 1, 2009
Boston Still Vexed by School Busing Justin A. Rice, Washington Times, November 1, 2009 Recruitment effort for mentors kicks off in Cleveland with Susan Taylors Margaret Bernstein, Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 31, 2009 Study links girls’ body size to sexual behavior David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 31, 2009 As bench marks get raised, more schools […]
The Push for "Precious"
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca_vv6urOCY Just last week, I stumbled upon a movie trailer on YouTube that really caught my attention. The independent film, Precious, tells the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones, a Harlem-bred, morbidly obese, pregnant, HIV-positive, illiterate, junior high school student who struggles with low self-esteem. If that isn’t already an earful, Precious’ story is further complicated […]
The Profiling of a Prolific Pedagogue
a “prominent black scholar with reams of scholarship on bookshelves” couldn’t be distinguished from “Cousin Pookie.”