Texas Wants to Secede from the US-Should Black and Brown Folks Jump on Board?

// Texas Secession: Should Black and Brown Folks Jump on Board?   by Davey D source: The Southern Shift   I always find this concept of Texas secession interesting. I especially find it interesting when I see and hear the way it’s being framed. Words like ‘Freedom’  ‘Independence’ and ‘Oppression’ are used suggesting that it’s [...]

Black Eyed Peas’ Apl.de.Ap Asks Fans To Support Philippines Relief Effort

Black Eyed Peas’ Apl.de.Ap Asks Fans To Support Philippines Relief Effort Source: Baller Status Black Eyed Peas member, Apl.de.Ap, is asking fans of the group to support a relief effort for the Philippine islands, which was devastated over the weekend by Typhoon Ketsana. Over the weekend, the typhoon dropped a month’s worth of rain on [...]

The Only Color That Matters Is Green-(World Premier)

Jasiri X and Paradise of X-Clanare two of my favorite cats in the world. First, they are dedicated to the cause of trying to uplift our folks. Two, they stay grinding. Meaning they are constantly looking for new ways to educate, entertain and enlighten. Three, they and the rest of  the One Hood crew stick [...]

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Senate Panel Rejects a ‘Public Option’ in Health Plan

// Booooo to Max Baucus, Boo to Bill Nelson and Boo to all other spineless Democrats who voted to get rid of the public option. Yes we knew this was gonna happen. Yes, we know they are on the take-all that lobbying money  was hard to resist.. Yes, we know , we know, but booo [...]

Roman Polanski and the Contradictions in Us All

// Everyone is talking about the arrest of   ‘famed’ director Roman Polanski as he entered Switzerland the other day to attend an award show where he was being honored. He was arrested for being a fugitive on the run from the United States and is likely to be sent back to face charges for drugging and raping [...]

An Open letter to Young Warriors in Chicago from Nas (the Killing of Derrion Albert)

// By now everyone has heard or seen the disturbing video in which a 16-year-old honor student Derrion Albert from Christian Fenger Academy High School in Chicago. Albert somehow was caught in the middle of a melee involving two rival gangs and was struck from behind by another young man swinging a board.  According to witnesses [...]

KRS Says Def Jam Destroyed Hip Hop

// KRS-One says that Def Jam which was recently honored at the VH1 Hip Hop Awards has single-handedly destroyed Hip Hop. He acknowledges that the culture would not be where it is at today had it not been for the upstart label, but in 2009 , everything that we complain is wrong with Hip Hop [...]

Barack Obama: Diasporic Personality, Cultural Entrepreneur, American Emperor

// Barack Obama: Diasporic Personality, Cultural Entrepreneur, American Emperor by Cedrick Muhammad  The Following Are Remarks Given by Cedric Muhammad At George Mason University During The ‘Fall For The Book’ Festival On September 22, 2009 while participating in a Panel Discussion: “Understanding Obama: Three Views” [The material and concepts of this speech are lightly drawn [...]

The City of Steel-Police Dominate the G20 in Pittsburgh

// When we crossed the bridge into downtown Pittsburgh, Friday September 25 the last day of the G-20 summit, we thought we were going to see thousands of protesters. What we saw were thousands of police officers lining the street in full riot gear. Pittsburgh said it was bringing in 4,000 additional cops and I [...]

The Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations

// The Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations Rally/March November 7, 2009 Washington, D.C. / Malcolm X Park 10a-6pm Washington, D.C. – A newly-formed Black coalition has announced a Rally and March on the White House to take place November 7, 2009 beginning in Washington, D.C.’s historic Malcolm X Park. The [...]

G20 Summit-Jasiri X Report Back-Pittsburgh Police State

Pittsburgh’s G-20 City on LOCKDOWN! by Jasiri X // This is footage taken on September 22, 2009 the day before the G-20 Summit officially hit Pittsburgh. This video show the incredible extent the City of Pittsburgh went to lock down the city and prevent anyone especially protesters from coming into downtown. With metal fences surrounding [...]