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Arab Summer
Several years ago, a new American president charmed the crowds in Cairo with his eloquence, his seeming earnestness, and most importantly, his person. This president was the first such U.S. chief executive with caramel brown… Full Transcript
Return of the Clinton
I’ve not wasted a lot of time watching the conventions, for conventions are essentially – well – conventional. Politicians make promises that they have no intention of keeping, and do so with earnest smiles; even… Full Transcript
Dying For A Raise
The Massacre in Marikina, South Africa, of striking mine workers has caused dismay and disbelief the world over. Thirty four miners were slaughtered, and 78 others wounded by a hail of police gunfire. How could… Full Transcript
Political Disenfranchisement
The Vote
To My Brethren & Sistas on the Row
Attica: 41 Years Later
The name, Attica, has entered the lexicon of American culture, driven, in part, by the cinema performance in “Dog Day Afternoon”, when actor Al Pacino raised his fist and exclaimed, “Attica! Attica!” Viewers immediately got… Full Transcript
Court Update
Marcus Garvey 1887-1940
Unless one is Jamaican, or raised in a household suffused with Black consciousness, it is unlikely that the name Marcus Garvey is familiar to you. There was a time, during the first quarter of the… Full Transcript
The Real John Carter
Several months ago, a movie was released; a science-fiction flick featuring a superhuman, fighting nasty aliens on a forbidding planet somewhere in the cosmos. As a sci-fi fan I confess interest, but I never heard… Full Transcript
Hope
There’s a cliché out there where you are that says, “As long as there’s life, there’s hope.” Back here where I am, behind these walls, it’s in reverse: “As long as there’s hope, there’s life.”… Full Transcript
Children of the Wind
There is something beautiful about seeing the young athletes at the Olympics, running, jumping, flipping and strutting. I’m not a big Olympics fan (a bit too much flag-waving for my taste), but the quadrennial sports… Full Transcript
The Hour of the Wolf
A lone gunman invades a space frequented by people of color. Carnage ensues. And hours later, we learn that the slaughterer of the Sikhs is a veteran, not just of the U.S. Army, but of… Full Transcript
A Message From Mumia Abu-Jamal About the MOVE 9 for August 8
Massacre At The Temple
And here we go—again. A man walks into a temple, a holy place, and unleashes hell. He kills 6 people and wounds others, before his own life is taken. The Temple is the gathering place… Full Transcript
Brothers and Sisters! Mis Hermanos y Hermanas! Comrades! Thank you all for coming together here. You may think that you know something about solitary, but you don’t. You may have a loved one in prison… Full Transcript