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Why Won’t the Justice Department Reopen the Malcolm X Murder Case?

New York Times reporter Shaila Dewan blogged yesterday that the Justice Department has declined to reopen the Malcolm X murder case. “Although the Justice Department recognizes that the murder of Malcolm X was a tragedy, both for his family and for the community he served, we have determined that at this time, the matter does [...]

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Why DDoS Attacks for Wikileaks Are Not Civil Disobedience

In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rabid segregationist. That would lead to anarchy. One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty. I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust. [...]

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All We Have (Treme)

If you’ve watched the 1st season of Treme then you know: incredible writing and acting in a hard-hitting rendition of post-Katrina life in New Orleans. This edit of clips by here’s luck makes an emotional arc out of the experiences of the main female characters. It is, as here’s luck calls it, a prayer for [...]

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US Representative John Lewis Steps Up for GLBT Rights

Many thanks to Pam Spaulding for capturing John Lewis’ speech at Equality Alabama’s gala a couple of weekends ago. John Lewis is an American hero and a powerful speaker; it is fantastic to hear him speaking so strongly on this issue and declaring himself an ally to the GLBT community. John Lewis took batons to [...]

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Still Outraged over the Valley Swim Club Segregationists? Ask AG Holder to Investigate

Glad I checked my RSS feeds tonight and tuned into the Jack & Jill Politics coverage of the Valley Swim Club incident. I found Cheryl Contee’s post with the video above (“Hi, my name is Elon James White and I’m broadcasting from 1952…”), and I found the ColorOfChange.org call for letters asking Attorney General Eric [...]

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Fort Worth Police Turn Stonewall Commemoration into Re-enactment

From Pam Spaulding: Is this what the police in Fort Worth, TX call “Stonewall Commemoration”? A gay club called the Rainbow Lounge opened in the city and Todd Camp, the founder of Q Cinema and former reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, was celebrating his birthday at the club and two Stonewall docs were being [...]

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Y-Love

I recently discovered Jewish African-America hiphop artist Y-Love. I started taking to him on twitter, and he pointed me towards this awesome “Nat’l Jewish Population Survey-inspired hiphop.” If you’ve been catching some of the buzz around Songs in the Key of Chanukah, then you’ve seen Y-Love before, over here: I also recommend checking out Y-Love’s [...]

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Eyes on the Prize

This is Nicole. She is one of the many talented photographers whose work I follow on flickr. The same night that the country voted for a Black president, majorities of voters voted against gay families and the rights of gay people in California, Florida, Arizona and Arkansas. Nicole is angry and so am I. We [...]

 
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A Change Is Gonna Come

 
icon for podpress  Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come [3:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Poem for the Youth Voter

Make sure everyone you know who is eligible votes in the presidential election.

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McCain’s Self-Immolating Campaign

For an elaboration on why the McCain/Palin hate mongering is a losing strategy see Abby’s post. I feel like McCain is doing a great job appealing to the bottom 16th percentile…. And “shoring up” the bottom 16th percentile isn’t going to win him any elections. There’s just not enough population there. Let me tell you [...]

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When Is McCain Going to Denounce Anti-Semites in His Campaign?

A lack of time and nothing more to add lead me to give you this one whole cloth, by dnA over at his excellent blog, Too Sense. Anger over anti-Semitism on the American Right, when coming from the Goyim, has only to do with the fact that the vast majority of American Jews are white. [...]

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Dick Gregory: Bill Clinton is NOT Black

Great clip from yesterday’s State of the Black Union footage in NOLA (via Baratunde): If you know some of my other work, you’ll know why I love Gregory’s quote from way back: “If these Mississippi white Klansmen, who do not know how to plan crimes, who are ignorant, illiterate bastards, can completely baffle our FBI, [...]

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More Reasons to Vote for Obama

(Via P6.)

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Stevie Wonder for President

I mean Barack Obama … h/t to Brandon.

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