Life is a little different now but as I reflect back on where I came from I really can’t complain. I am now at the point where I am learning that the truth shall set you free. I don’t intend on affending anyone but I cannot change your perception or the way you comprehend anything that I s... Read more...
Ever since the Democrats established the legality of mandatory minimums and three-strike laws under the leadership of the late Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, African Americans have literally had the book thrown at them and the key thrown away. Regardless of circumstances, as convicted felons they a... Read more...
Last Thursday the U.S. House of Representatives’ judiciary committee passed a bill that makes the online activity of every American available to police and attorneys upon request under the guise of protecting children from pornography. Note: Update with citizen petitions on page 2. The R... Read more...
There are two types of people in the music business: ones who sit around, dream and wait for opportunity and ones who dream, wake up and chase that dream. Through his progress in the last year, Meek Mill falls into the latter. Linking with DJ Drama again, the two provide more great music with Dream ... Read more...
Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Sen last week approved a controversial new drug law that opens the door to rampant human rights violations. The legislation, which is expected to be signed into law within the next few weeks, will force drug users in the Asian nation into involuntary treatment... Read more...
Roberto Martinez-Medina died in CCA's Stewart private detention facility in 2009. He was arrested for not having a driver's license. CCA whistleblower Bryan Holcomb has exposed how the company repeatedly ignored Medina's pleas for care of his heart ailment and how they cut medical care costs ... Read more...
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011 @ Malcolm X-Betty Shabazz Park Give thanks to the Ancestors, they have brought us this far. Now we must leave our on legacy on the present and the future. We can enjoin the fight for African liberation or betray it. Come join us as we celebrate the courageous life of Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Rac... Read more...
A catastrophic flood emptied New Orleans of much of its black youth. Powerful social forces may be doing a similar thing to places like Harlem and Chicago's South Side. Over the past decade, the inner-city neighborhoods that have served for generations as citadels of African-American life and cultu... Read more...
