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Apr 30, 2008 | Black Lives Matter, Police, Writing
[highlight] * Policemen are institutionalized to fear Black men * Every day, I fear that my husband, a Black man won’t come home because of NYPD * We need a national movement against police brutality [/highlight] A few hours after three New York City...
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Oct 24, 2006 | Feminism, Hip Hop, Women Of Color, Writing
The Source sexual harassment trial vindicates Kim Osorio to the tune of $15.5 million. Interview by Rosa Clemente On October 24, Kimberly Osorio, The Source’s editor in chief from 2002 to 2005, won $15.5 million in a workplace lawsuit against the hip-hop...
Jan 26, 2006 | Afro-Latinx, Writing
I was raised in the Catholic Church. From the moment I was placed under this religious institution, I was put in a situation where my savior would never look like me. For me Jesus Christ was a white men with blond hair and blue eyes. Much of my high-school years were...
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Dec 15, 2004 | War On Drugs, Writing
A hip hop activist argues that the proposed revisions to New York’s draconian drug laws don’t come close to constituting meaningful reform. [blockquote] “We should be ashamed of ourselves. Rockefeller drug reform – ha! – I don’t think...
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Mar 30, 2003 | Afro-Latinx, Hip Hop, Media Justice, Writing
Dead Prez blazed into hip hop in 1998 with the politically-charged single, “It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop.” Their Let’s Get Free album spoke about Black self-determination in a way no one else was doing at the time, in hip hop or out. They were signed to Loud Records, but...
