The Crisis of the Unmarried Black Woman

Over the weekend, I received a disturbing call from a female friend of mine. She called me from the bathroom of a New York nightclub. She told me that she was there with another mutual friend of ours. This mutual friend, who has been depressed for a few months, consumed about 6 drinks and was [...]

The Last Star Wars Movie! (We Hope)

Surely by now you have seen the movie. If you haven’t, the comments may have spoilers. We’ve waited years and decades for this movie that ties together the strand started by Phantom Menace and left by Star Wars: A New Hope many years ago. Was it worth the wait?
The movie IS better than Episodes I [...]

Hip Hop Inspires Minority, Anti-Gov’t Protests in Bolivia

“But El Alto - a flash point for protest and the capital of indigenous Bolivia - is seething, and a growing number of young Aymara are expressing their anger in a hard-driving rap, complete with rapid-fire lyrics excoriating Bolivia’s leaders and venting about the dire social conditions of the country’s Indian majority.”(NY Times)
TheStateOf…Hip Hop. [...]

The Crisis of the Unmarried Black Woman

Over the weekend, I received a disturbing call from a female friend of mine. She called me from the bathroom of a New York nightclub. She told me that she was there with another mutual friend of ours. This mutual friend, who has been depressed for a few months, consumed about 6 drinks and was [...]

The Last Star Wars Movie! (We Hope)

Surely by now you have seen the movie. If you haven’t, the comments may have spoilers. We’ve waited years and decades for this movie that ties together the strand started by Phantom Menace and left by Star Wars: A New Hope many years ago. Was it worth the wait?
The movie IS better than Episodes I [...]

Is National Public Radio (NPR) Anti-Israel?

Conservative activists and an organization called CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America), an organization that insures Israel is never criticized in the American press, are threatening to probe NPR for alleged anti-Israel and “pro-insurgent” reports. “The changes sought by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s (CPB) conservative chairman, Ken Tomlinson, and his [...]

Hip Hop Inspires Minority, Anti-Gov’t Protests in Bolivia

“But El Alto - a flash point for protest and the capital of indigenous Bolivia - is seething, and a growing number of young Aymara are expressing their anger in a hard-driving rap, complete with rapid-fire lyrics excoriating Bolivia’s leaders and venting about the dire social conditions of the country’s Indian majority.”(NY Times)
TheStateOf…Hip Hop. [...]