‘Education’ Archives
Native American Youth to Diane Sawyer: We’re Not Poverty Porn via Colorlines
Last month ABC’s 20/20 aired a special they called “Children of the Plains,” that portrayed the Lakota Indian reservation as a place that only dealt with crime, unemployment, alcoholism, overcrowded trailers and crumbling schools. On Monday, young Native American [Read More]
Rev. Jesse Jackson Honors the Late Civil Rights Stalwarts Fred Shuttlesworth and Derrick Bell
This week, the Civil Rights movement lost two of its torch-bearers. Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth died at the age 89 and Derrick Bell died at the age of 80. Rev. Shuttlesworth led the struggle to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. He was the last of the civil rights [Read More]
Michael Eric Dyson’s Hour-Long Tribute to Tupac Shakur
We look back at the life and legacy of rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur on the 15th anniversary of his tragic death. We start by speaking with entertainment journalist P. Frank Williams the media coverage of Tupac’s life and death. For a more personal take on Tupac the young [Read More]
S.W.A.T. Team Breaks Down Doors Looking For Student Loan Defaulters | AlterNet
“Kenneth Wright of Stockton, California was almost knocked down by a S.W.A.T. team breaking down his door one morning. He says they then handcuffed him and put him in the back of a police car. Federal agents confirmed that the Department of Education was behind [Read More]
Elmer ‘Geronimo’ Pratt, a former Black Panther leader, dies in Tanzania – latimes.com
We honor the memory of his struggle on our behalf by remembering those still incarcerated or in exile for moving with courage and determination to toward our collective freedom. Elmer G. “Geronimo” Pratt, a former Los Angeles Black Panther Party leader who spent [Read More]
Gil Scott-Heron, R.I.P. – New York Music – Sound of the City – by Greg Tate
Wild Roots was in the house at the El Rey in L.A. where he rocked the house with such ease and grace and elegant sophistication that we did not want it to end… “Gil knew he wasn’t bigger than hip-hop—he knew he was just better. Like Jimi was [Read More]
