The billboard wars between atheists and believers have raged for years now, especially around New York City, and a national atheist group is poised to take the battle a step further with billboards in Muslim and Jewish enclaves bearing messages in Arabic and Hebrew. American Atheists, a... Read more...
If we are going to interfere in the lives of others, a little due diligence is a minimum requirement A week and a half ago, I watched the Kony2012 video. Afterward, I wrote a brief seven-part response, which I posted in sequence on my Twitter account: Teju Cole @tejucole ... Read more...
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” Frederick Douglass On Saturday, February 18, 2012, t... Read more...
An African administrative chief uses Twitter to help solve problems and maintain order in his Kenyan village, showing another example of how social media has evolved beyond wired metropolises to reach even the most previously unconnected corners of the globe. Chief Francis Kariuki — or, @Chiefka... Read more...
Have you seen those barcode-looking things recently but haven’t got the slightest what they’re for? After this post, you’ll see how they might just end up making your life a little bit easier one day! Many of you reading this have undoubtedly seen a QR (Quick Response) code by now (the thing ... Read more...
Piracy finds its way into just about every legitimate avenue on the Internet. As such, the death of online piracy via shutting down otherwise legitimate sites and services could mean the end of the Internet as we know it. The death of online piracy: the U.S. government wants it and copyright hold... Read more...
Devon Thompson is a Philadelphia born and raised artist/emcee that delivers the love, struggle, life, sound and hustle of Philly unlike any other artist before him. Imagine if Bill Withers, Bob Marley and Tupac Shakur were born into this new age of music, this new era of hip hop! Would they ... Read more...
I write about a lot of things and lately I have been writing heavy but today I actually don’t want to write about one particular topic. I just want to free write and reflect on a few things in my life, if you don’t mind. One of my earliest memories as a human being/child was my grandmother com... Read more...
A new commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal a holiday message written from SCI Greene just prior to transfer entitled, 'Slow Death Row.' 1) 1:35 'Slow Death Row' Mp3 Jan. 1st 2012 Prison Radio announces that it will continue to record and distribute Mumia Abu-Jamal's radio essays in the face of St... Read more...