Malcolm X On Violence

“If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to [...]

The Rising Cost Of Water

About 1.1 billion people have no access to clean water, and half the planet lacks the same quality of water that the ancient Romans enjoyed. (link)
How, the hell, did this happen?

Senator Kennedy vs. Hillary Clinton On Flag Burning & The First Amendment

“If we set the precedent of limiting the First Amendment, in order to protect the sensibilities
of those who are offended by flag burning, what will we say the next time someone is offended
by some other minority view, or by some other person’s exercise of the freedom the Constitution
is supposed to protect?” – Senator Edward M. [...]

Harriet Tubman On Freedom

“I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.”
- Harriet Tubman

My Experience Canvassing In South Philadelphia Through The Eyes of A White Man

I came across this moving article yesterday.  It’s so interesting to see the same event through another person’s eyes.  Philly and North Carolina are different, but the fundamentals are the same in black communities across the nation.
If you read my Thoughts on Canvassing in South Philadelphia, the overlay with the perception of a conservative white [...]

How To Be A Complete Asshole

A South African businessman tried to cheat a poor farm worker out of a winning lottery ticket worth five million rand ($490,000; £300,000).
Lazarus Letswalo, 51, was found guilty of theft and fraud at a magistrates court in Johannesburg and could face up to 15 years in jail.
Letswalo was arrested in 2002 when he [...]

Martin Luther King, Jr. On Malcolm X

As an aside, and I hesitate to make the comparison, but the beginning of this response/question remindsme of the discussion of Obama’s message of hope, i.e the attack that it is hogwash to invoke.

Nelson Mandela On Democracy & Peace

Maxed Out: A Short History Of The Credit Card Industry & How It Screws America

A must watch movie that will give you pause (at least for awhile) every time you take out that plastic.
Think twice.

Malcolm X: Stop Hatin – Who Taught You To Hate Yourself?

Food for thought . . . self-hatin is a problem in need of attention.
Folks . . . stop hatin.
Malcolm also gives the love to black women.
Food for thought from history – whether you generally agree with the man or not.