Dont Believe The Hype

Faster than we recognise, schools are becoming profit centres. The buildings, the teaching, the cleaning, the exam results are all ways to make money. But who benefits? Not the poorest, argues Melissa Benn. About the author Melissa Benn is a writer and campaigner. Her latest book School Wars: The Battle for Britain’s Education is published by [...]

In aboriginal families across Canada, and in African American families in the U.S., too many children know only one parent. On tomorrow’s show, we’ll bring you our Town Hall, Fathers without fathers: Aboriginal men in Canada. It’s not an issue we talk about much but in the U.S., it’s much studied and there are efforts [...]

The Color Curve and Mic Check 1-Two! Present a Special Panel to the Philadelphia Community Standing Your Ground OR Standing Around?: The Trayvon Martin Murder & What We Can Do About Violence, Injustice and Race Relations in America What is the Trayvon Martin Murder Story? YOU MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND!! REGISTER HERE Trayvon Martin (February 5, [...]

This MUST stop…  #NoMoreMarching Oscar Carrillo‘s 911 call was clear: Two young men just robbed him of his computer and backpack. At least one of them had a gun and it was pointed in Carrillo’s face. Moments later, police caught up with two teens they believed were the thieves in a Pasadena alleyway. When one of [...]

If we are going to interfere in the lives of others, a little due diligence is a minimum requirement A week and a half ago, I watched the Kony2012 video. Afterward, I wrote a brief seven-part response, which I posted in sequence on my Twitter account:   Teju Cole @tejucole 2- The white savior supports [...]

Troi Torain aka STAR delivers the first of a highly anticipated, three-part series about his branded philosophy: Objective Hate. More than an autobiography, Objective Hate is a manifesto, delivering the gritty details of Star’s path from suburban troublemaker to respected media personality. This relentless, free thought-provoking historical record captures the essence of one man’s quest [...]

    A new campaign spreading across the Internet says it has one goal in mind: Make Joseph Kony, the Ugandan leader of the violent Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) “famous” so he can be brought to justice The campaign may be working. #StopKony has been trending worldwide on Twitter since Tuesday, and as of this writing, the video [...]

As you may know, if you arrived here from the homepage, in support of the anti SOPA/PIPA movement I have posted the above picture which is a swastika with the acronym SOPA embedded in it with a link that leads to how you can help stop SOPA/PIPA from becomming harsh realities on the right sidebar. I also posted said [...]

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USA (plaintiff) v. YORK (defendant) UNITED STATES COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT GEORGIA (2004) On January 23rd, 2003 Dwight D. York (henceforth referred to as “York”) waived his indictment (legal document #79) thereby giving the U.S. Attorney the added option of prosecuting by information (USAM Title 9 #209/#206). From this point York began plea negotiations with U.S. Prosecutors and his Defense [...]

Download Video or MP3 -Iamnotarapperispit.com On September 3, 2010 Askia Sabur was attacked and beaten by 4 Philadelphia police from the 19th district. On October 26, 2010 Tanya Yates, Askia’s cousin, was also attacked by 19th District police in what the police claim is an unrelated incident.   Over this past year over a hundred thousand people have [...]

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