Monthly Archives: April 2010

EVENT: Rap Sessions Kicks Off 5th Annual Tour

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From Laurel May @ 944.com: Rap Sessions: Community Dialogues on Hip-Hop has teamed up with Harvard Law-based think tank, The Jamestown Project to present its fifth annual national discussion tour. These townhall-style meetings will bring together a panel of leading hip-hop activists, artists and experts for public dialogue exploring the possible ways hip-hop’s entrepreneurial spirit could dovetail with economic recovery and to inform youth about the various ways the current economic shift affects them personally.

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RAP SESSIONS: Conrad Tillard On Rangel’s Huge Congressional Fight

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RAP SESSIONS WITH BAKARI KITWANA Bakari Kitwana speaks with Reverend Conrad Tillard about the Democratic Primary battle ramping up this election year between longtime Congressman Charles Rangel and Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV for New York’s 15 th Congressional District, the Congressional seat once held by the great Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

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UPDATE: Rev. Al Sharpton’s Official Statement On Arizona Immigration Law

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UPDATE: Rev.

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Black by Choice

Melissa Harris-Perry The first black president has created a definitional crisis for whiteness.

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Labour’s Fighting Chance

Gary Younge British voters are taking a hard look at the Conservative Party, and they don't like what they see. read more

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