There is no longer a need for dire predictions, hand-wringing, or apprehension about losing a generation of black boys. It is too late. In education, employment, economics, incarceration, health, housing, and parenting, we have lost a generation of young black men. The question that remains is will... Read more...
For Mumia Abu-Jamal, I am Ron Kovic author of Born on the Fourth of July. According to recent news accounts, shattered and shredded body parts and remains of U.S. servicemen were found in a landfill. Despite political spins, this sobering image is a telling, true-life metaphor fo... Read more...
Kwanzaa is an African American and Pan-African holiday which celebrates family, community and culture. Celebrated from 26 December thru 1 January, its origins are in the first harvest celebrations of Africa from which it takes its name. The name Kwanzaa is derived from the phrase "matunda ya... Read more...
The world's largest supporter of AIDS programs has made an ominous announcement: Because of the global financial crisis, it is well short of its fundraising goals. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria pays for more than half of the world's HIV medicine, and supports hun... Read more...
Honor Troy Davis Free Mumia Abu-Jamal 011 0:30 pm CONSTITUTION CENTER, PHILADELPHIA SPEAKERS: Cornel West Michelle Alexander (by video) Ramona Africa Michael Coard Vijay Prashad Louisa Hanoune Mark Lamont Hill Immortal Technique Amiri and Amina Baraka And more â... Read more...
Murder of Gadhafi is next step to wider U.S. wars in Africa The brutal lynching of Moammar Gadhafi, the leader of Libya, is the latest criminal act in NATO's seven-month war of regime change and conquest. Gadhafi died resisting to the very end U.S.-NATO war, as he said he would. He refus... Read more...
Following two rough years of drought in the Horn of Africa, the United Nations has declared famine in two regions of southern Somalia. According to the UN, a famine means more than 30% of children in an area are malnourished, at least 20% of households face extreme food shortages and more than tw... Read more...
00 square kilometers of lush floodplains in central Mozambique, packed with wild animals. But 15 years of civil war took a heavy toll - many species were almost completely wiped out for meat. Today, conservationists battle to restore the park to its former glory, and save it from present-day thr... Read more...
Music From Saharan Cellphones Vol. 1 Music from Saharan cellphones is a compilation of music collected from memory cards of cellular phones in the Saharan desert. And it's coming to vinyl. In much of West Africa, cellphones are are used as all purpose multimedia devices. In lieu of personal co... Read more...