The 3.6 Billion Dollar Nickel Bag
A new report from the ACLU reveals troubling racial biases and spending in the ‘war on marijuana’. Weed. Ganja. Yerba Buena. Pot. President Barack Obama admits to having smoked it in his younger days like President Bill Clinton before him. While we have long since known that those of us who look like the
Why Did Kimani Gray Have to Die?
“He was slaughtered, and I want to know why. Carol Gray, the mother of 16-year-old Kimani Gray, tearfully addressed reporters last week following the shooting death of her son at the hands of two NYPD officers. Kimani’s killing is not just a case of police brutality, it is yet another example of the ongoing human
Not Ready To Die But Wanting To Die: Depression, Hip Hop and the Death of Chris Lighty
“We need a very serious and healing discussion on depression for the Hip Hop generation. As one who suffers from depression myself, it breaks my heart to see those lose this very difficult and often lonely battle.” – After hearing of Chris Lighty’s death 8/30/12 Right now I should be finishing a paper for my
Why President Elect Barack Obama is Not the First Hip Hop President
“Each generation out of relative obscurity, must discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.” – Frantz Fanon It has been 45 days since the Hip Hop generation helped usher in the first Black male President of the United States of America. Since that historic night, many within Hip Hop culture, like writer Greg Kot
Vote Your Values: An Interview with Rosa Clemente
Interview by Adele Nieves Rosa Clemente is one of the most prominent activists of our generation. She is a nationally renowned speaker, writer, and journalist – one of the most important independent journalists covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina – and in 2001 was a youth representative at the United Nations World Conference against Xenophobia,
Eyewitness: The Sean Bell Verdict
[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 police detectives killed 23-year-old Sean Bell and wounded Trent Benefield
