The idiocy of the Texas School Board folks may be to remove iconic Civil Rights leaders like Cesar Chavez from our kid's history books, but we're not only gonna remember but celebrate the man who coined the phrase recently popularized by President Barack Obama Si Se Puede 'Yes We Can' and was the face of the United Farm Workers. Today March 31 is Cesar Chavez's birthday and we celebrate
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR Executive Editor Glen Ford
By now everyone has seen or heard about Erykah Badu’s provocative video for her song ‘Window Seat’. It’s the first single off her album ‘, New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh,’ in which she visits Dealey Plaza where President John F Kennedy was assassinated back in November 1963. Here Badu walks around the plaza and in front of unsuspecting tourists she strips her clothes and while completely naked mimics getting shot by an unseen sniper.
Congressman Ron Paul made headlines and ruffled some feathers the other week when he voted against the Census resolution and then later penned an article encouraging Texans and people all over the country to not take the 2010 Census. He wrote, "I voted “No” on this resolution for the simple, obvious reason that the census like so many government programs has grown far beyond what the framers of our Constitution intended." However in recent days popular rap star Ludacris has been on tour telling people they best fill out the census and avoid having their communities underserved.
In breaking news, two of Hip Hop’s most popular artists died today. In what was the culmination of a year long beef, an altercation in the middle of 52nd street has left both men dead. No, they didn’t shoot each other. As they stood arguing in the middle of the street, they were run over by a Tea Party Express bus that was running late for a rally…
By now everyone has heard about the onslaught of death threats that have been directed at various lawmakers who voted for the Healthcare Reform Bill, which by the way has to go back to the House for yet another vote thanks to last minute Senate GOP manuveurs. Things have gotten so out of hand, that one Congressman had the gas lines to his brother's house cut. The 'domestic terrorists' had the wrong address for Virginia Congressman Tom Periello.
We caught up with Chilean emcee Anita Tijoux who made lots of waves during SXSW 2010. It was her first trip to the US as she celebrated the release of her new album 1977. The title represents the year she was born along the pioneering days of Hip Hop in the Bronx.
Now that Healthcare Reform has passed the next fault-line in the political landscape is Immigration... Not immigration which has suddenly allowed thousands of people to some how come over from Russia and populate places like Brighton Beach, Brooklyn... Not immigration from places like former Yugoslavia. We're talking about immigration from Mexico and other places throughout Latin America resulting in people all being placed under the umbrella of Mexican and along with that every conceivable negative stereotype.
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) is hiring a State Campaign Coordinator. This is a two-year position, based in Austin, Texas. The Coordinator will support NCADP state affiliates, including the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP), in advancing the policy debate to lead to repeal of the death penalty. The search began February 22, 2010, and applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. The job posting will close April 15, 2010.
