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Killer Mike, Venerable Rapper/Activist, Talks New Album, Drug War, and Maybe Running for Office

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. May 8, 2012.

The OutKast affiliate and longtime Atlanta figurehead speaks on the eve of his new album, "R.A.P. Music," aka "Rebellious African Peoples' Music."

Hunger Strikes, Marches and More as Los Angeles Service Workers Make Their Presence Felt on May Day

Melissa Chadburn, AlterNet. May 1, 2012.

L.A. janitors and airport workers have been building momentum for a possible strike for weeks -- and they have big plans for May Day.

Taking Back May Day: What to Expect on the Nationwide Day of Rallies, Strikes and Actions

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. April 29, 2012.

Organizers and activists have planned direct actions and mass rallies, marches and blockades, as well as mutual aid and concerts to include as many people as possible.

Activist Rockers "Outernational" Talk About Their New Political Album "We Are All Illegals"

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. April 25, 2012.

As Supreme Court Debates SB-1070, Brooklyn-based activist punkers discuss new album, "Todos Somos Ilegales," and not boycotting Arizona.

10 Cool Things the World Learned This Week

Liz Langley, AlterNet. April 5, 2012.

Fuzzy dinosaurs, coral with herpes, an autism gene? Here's a few stories you may have missed.

The 50 Worst Songs to Have Sex To

Eliot Glazer, xojane. April 5, 2012.

As we've all been there once or twice or three times, can we at least laugh about it? Maybe a weird, sad laugh.

Hip-Hop is For Lovers: Sex and Intimacy Through the Lens of Pop Culture's Most Influential Music Form

Lauren Bruce, Feministe. April 4, 2012.

Speaking with Uche and Lenée, hosts of the weekly podcast "Hip-Hop is For Lovers."

From Amadou Diallo to Trayvon Martin, Bruce Springsteen Revives “American Skin (41 Shots)”

Alyssa Rosenberg, ThinkProgress. March 30, 2012.

The Boss connects two senseless murders of unarmed black men.

Listen, Whitey! Talking With Author Pat Thomas About the Black Panthers

Emily Wilson, AlterNet. March 14, 2012.

The writer of a new book on Black Panther culture speaks on researching his project, Occupy, Huey Newton, and more

Springsteen's New Album, 'Wrecking Ball,' Captures Rage of Americans Still Rocked by Economic Crisis

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. February 29, 2012.

Bruce Springsteen long ago achieved the American Dream, but he never stopped singing about the people he grew up, and never stopped identifying as a member of the working class.

Jazz Musicians Rally Together for Better Pay, Better Treatment at Work

Michelle Chen, In These Times. February 23, 2012.

Many jazz artists hustle from gig to gig, often at the mercy of club owners who have little or no obligation to provide basic benefits like medical or unemployment insurance.

What Does It Mean that Rihanna Has Collaborated with Former Abuser Chris Brown?

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. February 21, 2012.

Brown does not behave like a man with remorse. He does not even behave like a man with a conscience.

Why Did Whitney Die? How Double Consciousness Robs Black America of Its Artists

Nicholas Powers, AlterNet. February 12, 2012.

The tragedy of Houston's passing signifies a battleground over values.

Why MIA Was Right to Give America the Finger at the Super Bowl

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. February 10, 2012.

The Sri Lankan-British performer gave us all the finger at the Superbowl. Maybe we deserved it.

How Soul Train's Don Cornelius Helped Make Black America Visible

Felipe Delerme, AlterNet. February 7, 2012.

Looking at the legacy of the beloved show host and newsman, who passed last week at age 75.

The 7 Most Irritating Superbowl Halftime Performers of All Time

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. February 3, 2012.

And you thought this was supposed to be entertaining.

On Baby Blue Ivy Carter and the Alleged Ugliness of Blackness

Akiba Solomon, Colorlines.com. January 17, 2012.

Protecting ourselves from society's racist beauty "standards."

Is This Land Made for You and Me--or The Super-Rich?

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, TruthOut.org. January 15, 2012.

Bill Moyers and Michael Winship ponder the question at the heart of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land"--what kind of America do we want?

8 Awful Pop Culture Offerings to Dread in the New Year

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. January 11, 2012.

Racism, sexism and more Ayn Rand...we're gripping ourselves for some of the worst in 2012.

10 Pop Monstrosities That Almost Destroyed Our Culture in 2011

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. December 30, 2011.

Here are the worst TV shows, movies, and songs of 2011.

Music for the Season of Occupy

Soaglow, Daily Kos. December 26, 2011.

Some of the latest citizen artistry associated with the protests.

The 10 Most Annoying Pop Christmas Songs of All Time

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. December 23, 2011.

Why do pop artists have to get involved in Christmas?

Poor White Blight: How Rapper Yelawolf (and Eminem Before Him) Turns Hip-Hop's Eye to the Trailer Park

B Michael Payne, AlterNet. December 22, 2011.

One of rap's brightest young stars interprets the mobile home—and its corresponding economic reality.

Cesaria Evora, Barefoot Diva and Voice of Cape Verde, 1941-2011

aaraujo, Daily Kos. December 19, 2011.

Mourning the woman who gave voice to Cape Verdean mornas

Drake's "Shot For Me" As a Template for Modern Masculinity

B Michael Payne, bmichael.me. December 15, 2011.

A close reading of how one of the world's biggest rapper-singers does manhood differently.

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