Commentaries

Every prison is the same; and every prison is different.Every prison has its own mythos, (think Alcatraz, Sing Sing, Attica), its own rhythm. hard, cool, tight, relaxed, severe or super max. And every prison is… Full Transcript

The shocking child sex scandal rocking Penn State University in State College, PA is an explosion of almost nuclear proportions. It has all the elements designed to produce a media firestorm: fame, money, illicit sex,… Full Transcript

His name was Joe Frazier, but to boxing fans, he was known as ‘Smokin’ Joe, a fighter who was relentless in the ring, pressing his opponent, bobbing and weaving, and lashing out with a wicked… Full Transcript

Across the globe, financial fires are raging, burning through national economies like the plague, turning everything it touches into smoldering ashes. This fire rose, perhaps most perilously, in the fall of 2008, as the U.S.… Full Transcript

With few exceptions, major corporate outlets, networks, national newspapers and the like, have treated the month-long protests such as Occupy Wall Street as something akin to a UFO: odd, alien and inscrutable. From microphones nationwide… Full Transcript

Who’s afraid of John Carlos? Perhaps the better question s: “Who Is John Carlos?” That question popped up just days ago when Carlos and sports writer, David Zirin, visited the Occupy Wall street encampment in… Full Transcript

With the news of the imminent withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq comes mixed reactions; relief among both military families and anti-war Democrats; a collective weary breath among millions of Americans who’ve tired of the… Full Transcript

As the Occupy Wall street movement gains steam and inspires similar protests worldwide, defenders of the so-called Tea Party have decried the Occupation activists as “law breakers” “radicals”, and even “un-American” (unlike themselves, of course).… Full Transcript

When one thinks of rap music, hundreds of names immediately pop up, but few outside the know would opt for Harlem’s Sylvia Robinson. For one thing, while she was a talented musician and singer, rap… Full Transcript