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April 4, 1968 by Michael Eric Dyson
Conviction directed by Brenda Truelson Fox
Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacher
Go, Go, Go and Get Back to Black
Not My Worst Nightmare: Rambo (2008)
Cat Power and the Dirty Delta Blues
RAZA/RACE REVIEW: No One is Illegal
Little Brother's The Minstrel Show
The Lennon Files: The Revolution That Wasn’t
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I can’t help but feel some sympathy for a man who fought for and achieved a nation’s freedom only to see his home continent re-conquered, a re-conquest that has meant untold wealth, just not for Africa. In this rise and fall, Mr. Mugabe seems to have broken with reality. I can only wonder if Mugabe’s insanity is a sane reaction?
In a time of unhappy news from many postcolonial black nations, it's poignant to be reminded of Cesaire’s generation's creativity, triumphs, spiritual strength and optimism.
Talking heads, thick blockheads with this year's opinions...
Were you there, or did you blink and it was over? This fall there were two strikes by the United Auto Workers, but even in industrial Michigan, I fear they came and went too fast to register a cultural impact. Unless, like a flash mob, their short time span is part of their appeal.
In a recent article published in the Washington Post, two of the Reason Institute’s hired research monkeys tried to debunk some of the so-called myths that we associate with suburbia, automobile use, and car culture. The holes in these arguments are about as big as the profit-oriented loopholes that think tanks like the Reason Institute build into their ill-founded policy recommendations.
When discussing the war on Iraq, immigration or other important topics, students, friends and family often seek insight by asking "What Would Dr. King Do?" On this Dr. King Day federal holiday I thought it appropriate to think about the answer to this question using Dr. King's words.
When read in the current American cultural context, what passes on the surface as a redefinition of beauty, is in many ways subtly reaffirming the dominant and damaging trope of the 20th century that says the female body is imperfect unless it is sculpted to meet cultural and commercial needs.
In a book subtitled Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Death and How it Changed America, Dyson writes “Only by turning to his death and martyrdom can we size up the work that remains to be done and address the suffering and hardship that too often many of the folk he loved continue to face.”
The 43-minute story of three radical non-violent activists who take the proliferation of nuclear arms in this country personally, and are willing to pay with their lives.
The book is written in such a way that the reader truly experiences Hornbacher’s manias and depressions right along with her. And where her perception of time is confused, ours is as well.
Prior to the 2008 Grammy Awards, I assumed Amy Winehouse was the British version of our Britney Spears—a performer (rather than an artist) with a substance abuse problem rising to stardom through the cult of personality, public controversy, and indecent exposure.
Perhaps it is the profound void created by the missing virile man in popular culture that has prompted the recent resurgence of testosterone filled heroes.
For those who follow Cat Power in hopes of seeing the spectacle of mental illness that has accompanied her previous appearances, this tour is sure to be a disappointment.
Chacon and Davis' new book adds depth to the often shallow debate about illegal immigration.
In an era of hip-hop that can literally make you wonder if your I.Q. has just dropped upon listening to it, Little Brother are a refreshingly heady bunch.
After 25 years of litigation, the FBI finally disclosed the handful of still-classified pages in its John Lennon files.
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