Sorry ABW Red Tails is Hot Without You By Kwesi McDavid-Arno Black people suffer from a societal depression. This depression has been caused by the over 400 years of slavery and oppression. ABWS Angry Black Women Syndrome one of the plagues of Black culture that are a result of this depression. Red Tails the new George Lucas film has sadly fallen victim to this societal depression. The movie has received numerous criticisms over the internet for not featuring any Black women. In reality, Red Tails is a simple, war film that depicts the struggles, achievements and most of all the brotherly bonds that form amongst the famous WWII African American fighter pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen. Lucas does a tremendous job capturing the brotherly bonds that exist amongst Black men, and the also important bonds that formed that men form Black and White fighting together for survival. In my opinion Red Tails was a fabulous movie and George Lucas did a fabulous job. It was basically Star Wars with Black people and I loved it, it was a happy movie, it was a movie of victory not one of depressing defeat. No it was not Glory, but as Black people dont always need to be reminded of the tortuous ways of Slavery and the Jim Crow South. Although the movie was not a documentary, and not designed to be totally accurate the battle scenes were damn good and most importantly the military accomplishments displayed in the movie were 100 percent accurate. Read More...

Internet revolt beats down PIPA and SOPA By Doran MillerRosenberg Since PIPA and SOPA were introduced in May and October of 2011 respectively, the polarizing snowball of the bills has engulfed internet culture and political debate. In the middle of a grueling campaign season, SOPA and PIPA were able to briefly yet completely eclipse the Republican race, the shortcomings of Obama and an incredibly lackluster economy. The reasons for this are complex, but one thing is certain the internet is just about the only thing America has in common. When it comes to war, the economy or politics America is as fractured as its ever been, but more people rely on the internet today in a way that borders on addiction than have ever congregated over other media sources. The instantaneity of gratification trumps all else, as Congress quickly learned in January of 2012. In the one month social media sites ubiquitous sites such as Google and Wikipedia unleashed a blitzkrieg of white noise protest against the bills, which aim to change the way Read More...

Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. By A. Peter Bailey After hearing Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wrights Martin Luther King, Jr. Day sermon at Howard Universitys chapel services, I clearly understood why certain forces in this country dont want him within 1000 miles of the Obamas as long as they are in the White House. In a spiritualbased sermon, Rev. Wright inspired, informed and educated the overflow congregation of 1500 plus people in attendance on what should be the true focus of the King birthday celebration. Sometimes I wonder which is worse seeing people seduced by sound bytes or seeing a ministry reduced to sound bytes. The sound bytes to which he referred were I Have A Dream from the March on Washington speech and Ive Been to the Mountain Top from Dr. Kings final speech in Memphis. Read More...

BEEF ALERT Common vs. Drake By Jamal Bell Simply put, beef is all part of the game when it comes to Hip Hop. In an arena where everyone is competing to be the best, battles are bound to come around. The highprofile beef going on at the moment involves two artists that I assumed would get along. This time around, veteran rapper Common and newcomer Drake are on opposite sides of the ring. Im sure the two rappers have had previous beefs with other artists but I never expected the two to be beefing with each other. I say this because Common is tagged as a conscious rapper who raps about politics and empowering the people and Drake is relatively new to the game and doesnt exactly fit the mold of a hardcore or gangster rapper. I first noticed that something was up late last year when Common dropped Sweet as the feature track of his new album The DreamerThe Believer. When I watched the video, it was obvious that Common tapped into his more aggressive side. He basically claimed to be the greatest and attacked some other rappers masculinity. In between verses he did what rappers do, talk trash that they dont necessarily have to back up. What caught my attention was that he said Read More...

Ron Paul Tyranny in Liberty's Clothing By Sid Davis One day in the future, historians will publish a bookor transmit a digital file, more likelyabout the decline and fall of the United States of America. This history might point to any number of fatal causes. It might talk about how the country fiscally starved as its richest citizens paid fewer and fewer taxes, or it might discuss the trillions spent on costly wars to seize oil from other nations. But most likely this future book or file, if its well researched, will conclude that the United States failed because of the corrupting power of corporate money. Examples of this corruption will be plentiful, but if the future historians are asked to select a primary culprit, or at least a piece of the puzzle that encapsulates the misfortune of the fallen empire, theyll probably point to the corruption of American courts that brought about rulings placing corporate rights above those of people. Theyll explain that via twohundredplus years of litigationfrom Dartmouth College v. Woodward to Citizens Unitedcorporations fought for and were finally bequeathed a fully human status that was known at the time as corporate personhood. Read More...