Reclaiming the Dream and Brand Obama

Sep. 1 | On my way back last week from a visit with family and friends in Panama a cab driver pulled along side me at the airport.  He called out to me as an American.  Once he had my attention he slid his finger across his throat and said, “America...

Commemorating King?

Aug. 29 | We collected some sounds from this week’s march to “Reclaim the Dream” in Washington, D.C.   While many claim to reclaim Dr. King they seem to be doing so along the same mistaken lines of a single speech from 1963.  Seemingly gone...

Sound of the City: A DC Flashback!

Aug. 21 | Take a trip short trip down memory lane to November 20, 2007 with one of DC’s finest blends of hip-hop, go-go and live performance with Sound of the City.  This night was packed with many of the area’s best emcees, singers, DJs and musicians...

Social Movement: Obama’Laid and the Internet

Aug. 12 | Obama’Laid is a nasty drug of delusion.  And like most drugs the method used to ingest it is less an issue than the drug itself.  It may indeed be healthier to eat THC than smoke it but both with get you high.  Enough alcohol whether in beer or shot...

Beware Of Invisible Negroes!

Aug. 4 | Dust off your Ellison; because when it comes to news and politics Black people remain invisible.  According to the recent PEW Research Center study on “Media, Race and Obama’s First Year,” “African Americans attracted relatively little attention...

Lolita Lebrón and George Jackson Remembered

Aug. 2 | Jazz and Justice came to an end today with a final show dedicated to the legacy of Black August.  We were joined by Greg Thomas and Rosa Clemente who discussed with us the legacies of Lolita Lebron and George Jackson.  We heard audio from the Freedom...

Happy Black August!

Aug. 1 | Happy Black August!  From the VoxUnion archives, August 4, 2008.  This week, and with the help of the powerful CD from the Freedom Archives, we paid tribute to George Jackson, Black August, political prisoners and continued struggle.  In Part ONE hear...

“Snookered” by Liberalism

Jul. 28 | When discussing the case of Shirley Sherrod we cannot forget that the true culprit is an endemic political liberalism.  It is not the Right or the conservatives at Fox News.  It is not the Tea Party or its media punditry and it is certainly not some...

The Fanon Project

Jul. 28 | This week’s Jazz and Justice “redux*” features the return of Dr. Mark Bolden to discuss The Fanon Project. In an effort to encourage that the “work of Fanon be done” Bolden leads a team whose efforts are to honor that call....

The Crisis of Black Education and Race in the Global Political Economy

Jul. 26 | Tom Porter hosted a discussion this afternoon dealing with the crisis in education and race in the global political economy.  In part one Porter was joined by Maria Jones, Washington, D.C. mother and education activist and Baba Oje Akotoe of Nation House,...