Ghana’s Uneasy Embrace of Slavery’s Diaspora

Ghana’s first post-colonial President, Kwame Nkrumah, pictured.NY Times, subscription required.“For centuries, Africans walked through the infamous “door of no return” at Cape Coast castle directly into slave ships, never to set foot in their homelands again. These days, the portal of this massive fort so central to one of history’s greatest crimes has a new [...]

1995: The Best Year in Hip Hop

Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan, pictured.
2Pac’s Me Against the World, Mobb Deep’s The Infamous, Tha Dogg Pound’s Dogg Food, and Goodie Mob’s Soul Food are just a few of the albums released in what was the best year in hip hop history. For me, 1995-96 was the last year I was really into hip [...]

Bush Was Denied Wiretaps, Then Bypassed Courts

In this piece, Peter Canellos sheds light on the importance of presidential legal advice. As we are now learning, President Bush was advised by Attorney General John Ashcroft, White House Counsel Harriet Miers and Attorney General (and former White House Counsel) Alberto Gonzales that, as President, Bush possessed the power to listen to phone calls [...]