Jamel Mims is an multimedia artist, hip hop pedagogue, and activist from Washington, D.C.. In 2008 he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study hip hop in Beijing. His work, which ranges from multimedia ethnography to political _expression_, is joined together by common themes of youth culture, social transformation, and the urban environment. He currently lives in New York City. This essay was republished with permission.

On facing two years in jail for protesting stop-and-frisk

Opinion

Cairo was called the citadel or tabia or forte, i.e. stronghold. It looked like a square; 1200m2 in length and 1100m2 in width. It was surrounded with El Bahr El Azeim (the great sea) from the east, the gulf from the west, from the north gardens extended to Mataria and the mount Gabal El Guishi from the south.

Ah, to be rich. Simply step outside the five star hotel, and take the taxi which awaits me at the doorstep anywhere I want to go in Cairo. Unfortunately, there is perhaps no more expensive

To a certain extent, taking my family to Egypt recently was an experiment. More and more, whole families are vacationing in Egypt, and that means bringing along children of all ages. So, I wanted to know a little more about how this works out, for both parents and kids. And the answer is...pretty well! Everyone came home happy, from a memorable and enjoyable trip. But we, as a family, made a few discoveries along the way.

A specific member of a family with specific interests often encourages a tr

Black Power Babies Meet in Brooklyn

Organizer Muhammida El Muhajir
and father Marvin X. This event
will also celebrate X's latest book
The Wisdom of Plato Negro
Music by Rudi Mwongozi on piano

An intergenerational discussion exploring living the legacy of a movement

Black Power Babies, the children of men and women active in the black power movement of 60s and 70s are now leaders in all aspects of society, e.g., business, arts, politics, academia, and beyond.  This panel will explore with personal acco

David Icke - Limitations of Belief & Awakening

http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2012/10/RIR-121018.php

David Icke - Limitations of Belief & Awakening   October 18, 2012 British author David Icke has written 20 books and traveled to over 55 countries since 1990. His books reveal how a hidden hand is behind world-changing events like the attacks of 9/11 and the manufactured wars in the Middle East, as part of a mass mind manipulation technique he has du

Safaga Shore Excursions Astounding reefs to explore, amazing kite and wind surfing conditions, never-ending beaches of black and gold sand dunes, a cultural day trip to Mons Claudianus where lie the remnants of a Roman quarry, the peace and serenity of a start-up touristic destination... that’s what Safaga is all about.

a world-famous water-sports destination; it has even hosted the 1993 Red Sea World Windsurfing Championships; kite and windsurfing in Safaga is really something else!

Safaga enjoys

Danforth Center’s “Conversations” Series Continues

From Uganda to the U.S. Heartland: a Look at Global Food Security Panel to include Ugandan Minister of Agriculture and Chancellor of University of Missouri

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center will host its quarterly “Conversations” Series sponsored by Boeing on Thursday, October 25, 2012 from 5:15 – 7:00 p.m. at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 N. Warson Road. The program will feature the Honorable Zerubabel Mjumbi Nyiira, Ph.D

BLACK CLASSIC PRESS RELEASES SEARING COLLECTION CRITICIZING PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BOOK ON MALCOLM X ~

Bookcover

  ~ Black Classic Press (BCP) announced today the release of A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable's Malcolm X. The new collection of essays is a critical response to Manning Marable's biography, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, which was controversially acclaimed as the late scholar's "magnum opus" and awarded a Pulitzer Prize this past spring. Though lauded by many, Mara

TV’s legend, T’Keyah Crystal Keymah, L.A. stars rocked at Saint Sabina

School’s Fine Arts program named in her honor

By Chinta Strausberg

Helen Dumas, principal of the Saint Sabina Academy, presented TV’s legend T’Keyah Crystal Keymah with a bouquet of flowers then shocked her by naming the school’s Fine Arts program in her honor during a fundraiser held late Saturday night for the school.

A part of Hollywood came to Saint Sabina Academy, 7801 S. Throop Street, late last night where Fox sitcom, “Li

Gardner launches innovative hiring program

Pushes entrepreneurialism

 By Chinta Strausberg

In an effort to create jobs for those who may have criminal backgrounds, former Soft Sheen CEO icon Ed Gardner Friday unveiled a plan that can help motivate young black men and women to start their own business by selling rolls of toilet paper on the streets of Chicago.

Mr. Gardner will talk more about his innovative employment program today, Saturday, October 13, 2012, at BJ’s Market & Bakery, 8734 South Sto

Brian is asleep.  He has worked the last ten nights straight.  He has also spent his days working on his part-time job.  Most of you know our situation.  He can’t pay child support.  We have a child.  I can’t get an apartment in a safe and decent neighborhood.  We have made a decision to share a place until things change or until our Sarah Bear goes off to college.  Either way, this thing of ours has an expiration date.  How we spend this time of incarceration is up to us.  It’s our choice to do