How Michael Got Gangsta With Sony Music Over Black Music & Racism

// How Michael Got Gangsta With Sony Music Over Black Music This is what I liked about Michael Jackson. Call him weird, call him eccentric, but the man was no dummy and he would step if needed to.. I am including a story we ran the day after Michael Jackson was in Harlem where he called [...]

Minnesota court rules Democrat Al Franken won Senate seat

// Minnesota court rules Democrat Al Franken won Senate seat MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of a tight U.S. Senate race over Republican Norm Coleman, which should give Democrats the 60-seat majority they need to overcome procedural obstacles and push through their agenda. Coleman has [...]

Cynthia Mckinney Kidnapped & Detained by Israeli Government-Free Cynthia McKinney

// Green Party: President Obama and the US State Dept. must demand release of Cynthia McKinney and 20 other human rights activists on Free Gaza relief boat seized by Israeli gunboats • The Free Gaza’s ‘Spirit of Humanity’ was delivering medical and other supplies following Obama’s call for relief to wartorn Gaza; the boat was [...]

Vibe Magazine Shuts Down

  Vibe Magazine Shuts Down By Houston Williams VIBE magazine has shut down. The magazine was launched in 1993 by music industry legend Quincy Jones and it served as as widely revered urban magazine. Several sources verified the closing and a message on twitter also indicated the closure. The magazine said, “Thanks for everything.” A [...]

White Cop Calls Oscar Grant a ‘Bitch Ass Nigger’ -Moments Before He was Shot

// (06-28) 17:20 PDT – Overlooked in the court hearing that ended in former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle being ordered tried for murder in the slaying of Oscar Grant was testimony about another officer’s explosive outburst just 30 seconds before Grant was shot. Matier & Ross BART ‘N-word’ bombshell waiting to go off 06.28.09 [...]

Beneath Low: BET, Lil Wayne Set the Stage for Child Pornography

// Beneath Low: BET, Lil Wayne Set the Stage for Child Pornography By April R. Silver, June 29, 2009 www.aprilsilver.com  Last night, live at the BET Awards in Los Angeles, a room full of head-bobbing, consenting adults bounced to Drake and Lil Wayne’s back-to-back performances of the hit songs “Best I Ever Had” and “Every [...]

Ishmeal Reed: The Persecution of Michael Jackson

// The Mad Dog DA and the Mad Dog Media The Persecution of Michael Jackson  By ISHMAEL REED http://www.counterpunch.com/  Last Thursday, while working on some writing deadlines, I was switching channels on cable.  On CNN they were promoting  “Black In America,” an exercise meant to boost ratings by making whites feel good by making blacks [...]

Another Police Terrorism Incident-This Time in Baltimore-Transit Cop Rapes Girl

// MTA officer charged with raping girl, 15 By Justin Fenton and Michael Dresser Baltimore Sun reporter A Maryland Transit Administration police officer has been charged with raping a 15-year-old Elkridge girl who asked him for help finding her way home on the light rail, according to charging documents. Officer Donald Brown was taken into [...]

Thoughts on the Jena 6 and the Recent Verdict

// Free the Jena 6-My Thoughts After the Verdict by Jasiri X Now that the Jena 6 case has come to a close with the final 5 members pleading no contest to a misdemeanor (remember the original charge was attempted murder) and having to serve no jail time, I have a few thoughts on the [...]

BET Missed the Mark Last Night w/ Their Michael Jackson Tribute

//   Over the past week many of us have sat in seething anger as news show after news show and pundit after pundit have been granted large platforms and an abundance of air time to come and trash Michael Jackson. I’m not talking about raising a couple of controversial issues here and there, but some of [...]

White House Is Rather Mute on Jackson’s Death

// White House Is Rather Mute on Jackson’s Death By Jeff Zeleny President Obama spoke with his top aides on Friday morning about the death of Michael Jackson, but the White House chose not to release a statement of condolences that it commonly does upon the deaths of many prominent Americans or global figures. “I [...]

25 Joints to Get U Thru the Day-Michael Jackson-My Forever Came Today

// 25 Joints-My Forever Came Today by Davey D In the aftermath of the death of the best entertainer the world has ever known, we decided to go digging deep into our archives and present you with some gems that will bring a tear to your eye and yearning in your heart. Too many people [...]