Posted on Jan 26, 2011, Source: The American Prospect
Culture is where people make sense of the world, where ideas are introduced and emotions are attached to concrete change. Let's bring it into our political cause.
Posted on Sep 11, 2009, Source: Can't Stop Won't Stop
Glenn Beck uses smear attacks to push for White House staffer Yosi Sergant's resignation for organizing artists to support Obama's national service program.
As corporations get rich, real estate developers circle and Katrina evacuees resettle far from home, grassroots organizations are shifting from relief to demanding the right of return.
Film critics proclaimed 'Crash' one of the best recent movies about race. Our cultural critics disagreed; so they sat down, Ebert and Roeper-style, to make their case.
These days, it's tough being a revolution-minded rap act called the Coup. Their recent attacks on U.S. foreign policy and their new album, "Party Music," may not make things any easier.
"At one time, others dissed our generation by saying that we were privileged, that we had never been tested by war.[This was before Bush's father opened the Persian Gulf War.] The fact is that hip-hop was born under the conditions of war. It grew and spread as a global alternative to war."
Put rap stars like Puff Daddy and LL Cool J in the same room with leaders like Louis Farrakhan and Kweisi Mfume, and what do you get? An agenda for political clout and conscious hip-hop.
By proposing legislation to tighten juvenile justice on both state and federal levels, the nation has waged a war on youth -- particularly low-income youth of color. Once rehabilitation programs are out of the picture, what options do kids in trouble have left?
