Hip Hop Activist Accepts VP Bid for McKinney's Green Party Bid

Seeded on Wed Jul 9, 2008 11:18 PM EDT (Pasi)

Hip Hop Activist Accepts VP Bid for McKinney's Green Party Bid by Davey D (www.daveyd.com)

activist, president, prison, black, industrial, puerto-rican, green-party, african, hip-hop, vice-president

7 Reasons Why The Roots are Truly Legendary

Seeded on Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:46 PM EDT ()

7 Reasons Why The Roots are Truly Legendary by Jahi A music review- Oakland June 9th, 2008- Venue-The Paramount

entertainment, music, rap, concert, black, hip-hop, african-american, the-roots, questlove, tariq

You Tube Video "Targets" Obama

Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:54 PM EDT

Freedom of speech or criminal behavior?

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politics, video, black, obama, shapiro, democrat, african-american, you-tube, assassinate

Florida Housing Activists: Squatters or Pioneers?

Seeded on Mon Jun 9, 2008 1:25 PM EDT (MotherJones.com)

The May edition of Mother Jones Magazine features an article on Take Back the Land and the Take Back the Housing campaign.

florida, housing, police, homeless, black, squatters, projects, poor, police-abuse, activists

Soul Music

Sat Jun 7, 2008 7:30 PM EDT

I am so crazy about this video by Jah-I-Witness Emcee (Garvey's Ghost), i found it on one of our group member's page. Check him out on MySpaceTV Videos:

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entertainment, music, revolutionary, rap, black, hip-hop, soul, african-american, neosoul

At the Death House Door on IFC Tonight

Seeded on Thu May 29, 2008 1:19 PM EDT ()

"At the Death House Door is a personal portrait of a good man's struggle with great matters. Intimate and intense, it's one of this season's most powerful TV presentations." -- Philadelphia Inquirer

jail, politics, execution, prison, lethal-injection, death-row, punishment, abolition

Blind Man Tasered, Pepper Sprayed

Seeded on Tue May 27, 2008 11:42 AM EDT ()

SEBRING — The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is looking into the arrest of a blind Sebring man who was stopped by a sheriff's deputy, disarmed of his walking stick then Tasered twice and pepper sprayed for not listening while walking along County Road 17 South toward his hom …

taser, black, blind, us-news, police-abuse, african-american

Nas Renames Album Title

Seeded on Tue May 20, 2008 10:40 AM EDT ()

By Houston Williams and Nolan Strong

music, politics, black, hip-hop, nas, african-american

Taser Int'l Uses Playboy Bunnies to Sell its Products

Seeded on Sun May 18, 2008 1:11 PM EDT ()

Taser International Uses Playboy Bunnies To Sell Its Products And who says there isn't an intimate connection between sex and violence…

abuse, police, taser, us-news

Law Makes Noose Display a Felony

Seeded on Sun May 18, 2008 1:42 AM EDT (The New York Times)

ALBANY (AP) — Gov. David A. Paterson says he has signed legislation that will make it a felony to display a noose as a threat. The crime will be punishable by up to four years in prison.

prison, crime, racism, black, us-news, jim-crow, felony, african-american, noose

Inglewood Police Kill Unarmed Black Teenager

Seeded on Thu May 15, 2008 11:39 AM EDT ()

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Inglewood police killed one man and wounded another when they opened fire on a vehicle, saying they believed the occupants had shot at them -- although it turned out that the men were unarmed and their car was never struck with bullets.

black, us-news, african-american, police-killing

Cigarette Bill Treats Menthol With Leniency

Seeded on Tue May 13, 2008 2:32 AM EDT (The New York Times)

May 13, 2008 Cigarette Bill Treats Menthol With Leniency By STEPHANIE SAUL

cancer, health, cigarettes, smoking, african-american, blackfolks

Passing the Torch of Police Brutality

Seeded on Mon May 5, 2008 9:05 AM EDT ()

Passing The Torch of Police Brutality: Sean Bell & The Solution By: Adisa Banjoko, The Bishop of Hip-Hop Though we live dangerous, cops could just/ Arrest me, blaming us, we're held like hostages- Nas, NY State of Mind

politics, activism, african-american, police-brutality, blackfolks

NFL's Otis Grigsby's Uncle Murdered by Illinois St Police

Sun May 4, 2008 12:09 AM EDT

I received this important e-mail, please check out the YouTube address for the rest of the info.

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politics, activism, african-american, blackfolks

Children with Autism Architect Their Ideas Using 3D Design Software

Seeded on Thu May 1, 2008 5:02 PM EDT (Google)

This may be something that we can raise with our schools or even investigate getting for use at home with our children. Children with Autism Architect Their Ideas Using 3D Design Software (Mac version available!)

technology, autism