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Glenn Beck & Alex Jones: Inspiration for White Supremacist 580 Freeway Shooter
Were Fox News talk show host Glenn Beck and 9-11 Conspiracy expert Alex Jones the inspiration for Byron Williams the 580 Freeway Shooter? We sat down and spoke with Pacifica Radio investigative…
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What Do Women Want? Thug or Scholar? Nice Guy or Dog?
Here’s a video thats been making the rounds generating a lot of conversation. Its focuses in on the confusing nature of what women want in a man these days..They want independence but want you…
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Why Vote? by Paris the Black Panther of Hip Hop
If you live in California, today Monday (Oct 18 2010) will be your last day to register to vote. You can do that by going here.. http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_vr.htm For many, with a…
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Don’t Get Too Smug About Christine O’Donnell’s Flub-How Many of Y’all Can Cite Supreme Court Decisions?
There’s an old saying ‘Don’t get too smug that you wind up being the smartest person in the room-In the end that won’t win you very many friends‘. In other words be wary…
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Media is Mind Control: Afrika Bambaataa vs Hot 97
Media is mind control has long been a sentiment held by folks who felt that deliberate distortions and mischaracterizations my broadcast media was a weapon that led to entire communities being…
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Why I’m Scared of Christine O’Donnell by J Smooth
Shout out to my homie J Smooth for posting this up…Yes there are many reasons to be scared of Christine O’Donell and her Tea Party ilk.. What’s even scarier are all the people who…
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Sarah Palin & Her Mamma Grizzly Bears…10 to Watch Out for During the Mid-Terms
Sarah Palin is everywhere and causing havoc along the way. For the mid-term elections she has a number of Tea Party candidates vying for office who she endorsed and dubbed ‘Mamma…
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The AT&Tea Party: We’re in the Business of Silencing People & Net Neutrality
These are indeed strange times we live in where even when we’re repeatedly told we should not be surprised as to what goes down, especially in the world of politics-goes down. It was surprising…
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Warning: A Group of Lawyers Using RIAA Tactics Are Now Suing & Attacking Bloggers
// As the battle over a free and open internet rages on with telecom companies like AT&T and Comcast pushing and paying folks to allow an unequal playing field and get rid of Net neutrality,…
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Q-Tip and the Roots Redo the NWA Classic ‘Straight Outta Compton’
I’ve always loved NWA‘s classic track ‘Straight Outta Compton’.. When it dropped back in ’88 it clearly captured the energy and urgent vibe at the time. NWA had broke on…
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Open Letter from Kevin Powell to Black Leaders: ‘Stop Ghetto Dictatorships’
NOTE: This statement is also posted at Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/9/17/115615/585?new=true Post-Congressional campaign STATEMENT by Kevin Powell Friday, September 17, 2010 I first…
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Today 1 in 7 Americans Live in Poverty-Let’s Count the Ways this is Impacting You and Me.
Yesterday the Census Bureau presented its annual report that showed how the poverty rate in the US had significantly risen. Today 1 in 7 Americans is living in poverty. Now the report has all sorts…
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Ines Sainz- How many of us cared about her being Sexual Harassed vs How Good she looked?
The flap around sports reporter Ines Sainz and her ‘beef’ with the NY Jets has brought to light a number of troubling issues within sports that we’ve been discussing for the past 30…
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As we Commemorate the Anniversary of 2Pac’s Death-Who Speaks for the ‘Have Nots’ in 2010?
Every year around this time many of us within Hip Hop take some time out and reflect on the life and times of Tupac Amaru Shakur as commemorate the anniversary of his tragic death Sept 13 1996. With…
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NYPD Black and Blue: COP Calls 911 & Gets Severely Beaten & Pepper Sprayed By Other Cops
This is the second story in less than a year where we had cop on cop violence.. Folks may recall it was about a year ago an off duty cop named Omar J Edwards came upon a robbery and was shot and…
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Is Hip-Hop Education A Hustle? Getting Serious About Rap Pedagogy
As Hip Hop culture expands into new arenas there will always be tensions as established institutions mold parts of the culture to fit into practices ideologies that have long existed and work for…
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An Open Letter to HipHop America from Kevin Powell
In less than a week (Sept 14) folks in New York will have the opportunity to weigh in and put someone in leadership position who will hopefully make a difference. I think Kevin Powell will be that…
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Why is the Mainstream Media Giving ‘Pastor’ Terry Jones So Much Exposure to Burn the Quran?? by Davey D
So called Pastor Terry Jones is determined to burn copies of the Quran this Saturday, September 11th in Gainesville, Florida at his Dove Outreach Church. He’s doing this in spite receiving…
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The Power of Words & Hate Speech-Where do We Draw the Line on Islam & the Ground Zero Mosque?
As you read this article, keep in mind whats been going on the past few days since i posted this..some right-wing radio stations are hosting polls asking if we should start registering practicing…
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