Margaret Walker Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander was a poet and writer. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, she wrote as Margaret Walker. Walker was a literature professor at what is today Jackson State University (1949 to 1979). In 1968, Walker founded the Institute for the Study of History, L... Read more...
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Sylvia Robinson, the singer, songwriter and record producer who formed the Sugar Hill Gang and made the first commercially successful rap recording, died early Thursday morning at a hospital in New Jersey. She was 75. Ms. Robinson had a notable career as a rhythm and blues singer long before ... Read more...
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has regularly watered down safety standards- even wholly ignoring problems - when encountering violations at the nation’s aging reactors. Kudos to the Associated Press for some impressive investigative journalism on the U.S. nuclear power industry. ... Read more...
George Clinton has filed a copyright lawsuit against members of the Black Eyed Peas, their Universal Music Group label and Cherry Lane music publisher for allegedly sampling his song "(Not Just) Knee Deep" on a Grammy-award nominated album. According to the complaint, filed on Friday in U.S. Di... Read more...
Prodded doubtless by forces above and behind the Oval Office, Obama has ousted General McChrystal in favor of General Petraeus, who now combines the post of CENTCOM theater commander with that of NATO commander in Afghanistan. This is a move deriving from the inherent fecklessness and incompetence... Read more...
New Orleans rap mogul P. Miller is hopeful The Saints’ victory over The Colts in Sup er Bowl XLIV will help the city overcome the devastation inflicted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The city is celebrating their first Super Bowl victory in history, Mardi Gras and for some, the election ... Read more...