File sharers don't typically have a very good reputation. They're often blamed for the problems faced by the creative industries, with their 'theft' of music, movies and so on depriving the creators of these works of their just rewards for their efforts. This quote from the RIAA sums up the i... Read more...
For more than a decade, anthropologists and historians pieced together the history of a short-lived African-American community that was snuffed out in the 1850s by the creation of Central Park. They combed vital records and tax documents, scanned parkland using radar and studied soil borings. But... Read more...
For Master Historian, Prof. Manning Marable of Columbia University, a book on the life of Malcolm X could only be a challenge that would daunt the faint-hearted. Dr. Marable, founder of nearly half a dozen Black studies programs at colleges and universities across the country, would meet ... Read more...
(lol^) I'm quoted, along with fellow "hip-hop intellectuals" Talib Kweli and Columbia University professor Marc Lamont Hill, in an article in Philadelphia Weekly on whether or not Jay-Z is a member of the Illuminati. It's the cover story of this week's issue. You might want to pick up a copy, fo... Read more...
A new book being published claims that Death Row Records was actually a front for the FBI in an attempt to assault and end black activism. The new book The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders: U.S. Intelligence’s Murderous Targeting of Tupac, MLK, Malcolm, The Panthers, Hendrix, Marley,... Read more...
Like the vast forests of the world, which continually suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen, the planet's oceans serve as vital carbon sinks. Last year the oceans absorbed as much as 2.3 billion tons of carbon, or about one-fourth of all manmade carbon emissions. Without the a... Read more...