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3 words in rap, no more

Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons said recently the recording and broadcast industries should ban three racial and sexist epithets from all clean versions of rap songs and the airwaves. The recommendations came two weeks after radio personality...

The IRAs roots and a parable about war

Movie REVIEW The Wind that Shakes the Barley Directed by Ken Loach IFC First Take, 2007 127 minutes, Not rated It’s a good thing that the feel and backdrop of Ken Loach’s “The Wind That Shakes...

A new spirit in the air

The overwhelming response condemning the reprehensible comments of radio “shock jock” Don Imus is a reminder, if one were needed, that racism and sexism remain a virulent presence in the United States. But it also demonstrated...

Social justice at stake in Mumia Abu-Jamal case

Worldwide, supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal, on death row for 25 years now, are hopeful that the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia will grant him a new trial on May 17. The court will hear...

CARTOON: IT’S VETOBOY!