Posts tagged with national

Mumia Abu Jamal – Message to Grass Roots Conference 2011

0 comments, 06/09/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in mac, Music, News, Poetry/Spoken Word, program, Radio, speech, World News

011 Speech to the Grass Roots Radio Conference August 19, 2011 Kansas City, MO Station KKFI By Mumia Abu-Jamal Ona Move! Long Live John Africa! Dear friends: Attendees at the Grass Roots Radio Conference! Thank you for your invitation. I join y'all today, this way, by necessity; but we ... Read more...

Stay A Voice Ahead – Xavier Paul

3 comments, 30/08/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News, Video

Voice-over expert, Xavier Paul, has over 25 years of professional voice-over/on-camera experience with recent credits including new on air promo announcer for the NBA, narrator for the History Channel’s UFO Files, characters on the video game, Grand Theft Auto (San Andreas), new character on the a... Read more...

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Mumia Abu Jamal – National Debts

0 comments, 22/08/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Audio, Interviews

NATIONAL DEBTS [col. writ. 7/30/11], (c) Mumia Abu-Jamal Amidst the political brinksmanshlp occasioned by the rising of the national debt ceiling, a question arises. What is the nation's debt? Of the 14.3 trillion cited in published accounts, over a quarter of that amount, or $4.4 tril... Read more...

Mumia Abu Jamal – A Grand Bargain… For Surrender

0 comments, 19/08/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Exclusive, Interviews

A 'Grand Bargain'--for Surrender [col. writ. 8/6/11] '11 Mumia Abu-Jamal The recent debt-ceiling kerfuffle, which was 'resolved' at the 11th hour amidst political and economic chaos, was less a deal than a defeat. For deals are made when both sides succeed in getting what they want wit... Read more...

Black Cocaine Dealers Get Long Stints, White Student Gets 6 Months, Retains Right to Vote

6 comments, 11/08/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Jail, News, Politics As Usual, World News

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...

Apple & Bill Gates Have More Cash Than The Federal Government

5 comments, 01/08/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in apple, General, ipad, iphone, ipod

Who's ready for iAmerica? As the BBC has reported, the software company Apple has more cash on hand than the United States federal government, according to the company's financial records. Apple's quarterly financial report shows that the company responsible for the iPad, iPod and the iPho... Read more...

Concerning Libya

4 comments, 26/07/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in mac, News, World News

Whereas the conflict in Libya arose over the legitimate demand for increased democratization of the country in line with the mainly peaceful democratic revolutions sweeping across the world, it was quickly hijacked by an armed gang of rebels and metamorphosed into a civil war with the help of N... Read more...

The Key to Black Male Academic Success: Mentorship

5 comments, 21/07/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News, program

Posted on March 22, 2011 by theblackmancan A significant body of empirical research has demonstrated that Black male students academically underperform all students throughout the educational pipeline (Hawkins, 2010; Jackson, 2003). One has to wonder how this can be a reality when there are so... Read more...

Atlanta Cheating Scandal Unveiled By Reporters

1 comment, 19/07/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News, program

Three years ago, Heather Vogell, an investigative reporter at the Atlanta Journal Constitution, sat down with a data analyst to crunch some numbers. She had just received the latest crop of scores for the CRCT, a state standardized test. Curiously, Vogell noted, several schools statewide had ch... Read more...