April 24th marks the 59th birthday for internationally acclaimed journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal who has spent 30 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Last year his death sentence was commuted to life in prison, but we are clear, life in prison is not justice. Mumia... Read more...
You may not know his name, but my friend Liu Xiaobo is a global icon for freedom. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights. Today, this hero remains in jail, as China's most famous political prisoner. Xi... Read more...
The standards-based education reform movement calls school change “the civil rights issue of our time.” But about 220 mostly African American community organizers, parents and students from 21 cities from New York to Oakland, Calif., converged on Washington Tuesday to tell U.S. Secretary of Ed... Read more...
(L. to r.) A Wolfson High School classmate of Jordan Davis breaks down outside the funeral home where the visitation with Jordan's family was taking place at the Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home in the Mandarin area of Jacksonville, Fla., on Nov. 28. Friends of Jordan comfort one another outside t... Read more...
(Do Not Continue to read if you haven't seen the film) Firstly, its important that we make a clear distinction between a “good film” and a “liked film”. In this particular instance, the words “good” and “liked” aren’t synonymous, and through out this proposal y... Read more...