Posted in Education, Europe, National Standards, Opinion, Progressive, SallieMae, School Reform, tagged Thoughts, Current Events, Conservative, Britain, Academic Achievement, Education Reform, Tuition Costs, Harvard, Cambridge, Student Loans on June 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Like my colleague whose op-ed was recently published in USAToday, I have student loan debts which, by the time I’m done paying them off, will total almost $40,000. Ouch! Like my colleague, I too received a letter from some student loan consolidation service urging me to act fast because Congress was about to enact some bill that would result in my [...]
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Posted in International News, Media, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Uncategorized, tagged Branches of Government, Conservative, Current Events, Dick Cheney, Executive, Vice President on June 26, 2007 | No Comments »
I have to confess I’m not an expert on American government but even I know that the office of the Vice President—like that of the President—is part of the EXECUTIVE Branch. You see, I know this because I had to go to night school to study for the Maryland Citizenship Test, which I had to pass in order [...]
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Posted in Africa, African Music, Media, Music, Online Radio, Radio, Rap, Reggae, South Africa, West Africa, tagged Calypso, Creole, Diaspora, Garage, Sierra Leone, Soca, Spanish Reggae on June 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The June 25 edition of Diaspora Sounds is now available for your listening pleasure. Listen online or download to an mp3 player and listen later.
Click here to see the playlist.
Listen to the previous show here.
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Posted in Christianity, International News, Iraq, Islam, Male, Middle East, Military, Opinion, Progressive, Religion, Sex, Sex and the law, War, tagged Thoughts, Gay, Current Events, Conservative, Terrorism, Terrorist, Terror, Al Qaeda, Insurgency, Insurgent on June 21, 2007 | No Comments »
The London Times reported in May on new rules enforced by a group of Salafi militants now controlling an Iraqi province north of Baghdad.
Based in Diyala, the Salafi-dominated Islamic State of Iraq now enforces laws against smoking (repeat offenders have their fingers broken) and bars grocers from displaying tomatoes (considered a female vegetable) next to cucumbers. Farmers are [...]
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Posted in Christianity, Lesbian, Military, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Religion, Sex, Transgender, War, tagged Antiwar, Christ, Conservative, Gay, Hate Crimes, Jesus, Thoughts on June 21, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m not sure when this happened but it feels like lately, the most pressing issues of the day are squeezed into short (oxy)moronic imperatives utterly devoid of meaning and depth. Nowadays, we seemingly prefer to deal with controversy by eliding and avoiding the heart of the matter and enabling continuation rather than change.
Take, for example, the oft-repeated Christian trope about homosexuality: [...]
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Posted in Africa, Europe, Immigration, International News, Michael Moore, Military, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, War, tagged Antiwar, Current Events, Conservative, Diaspora, Terror, Insurgency, Environment, Fuel Efficiency, Green Cars, Hybrid Cars, Water Wars, Transporation, Global Warming, Climate Change, Al Gore, Darfur on June 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Yesterday, I was stopped on the street by a Greenpeace canvaser who told me about her organization’s attempts to increase awareness of global climate change and get voters to put pressure on their congressional representatives to take the issue more seriously. But it’s going to be an uphill battle: The auto industry is already taking steps to pre-empt Congress. [...]
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Posted in Africa, International News, Krio, Men vs. Women, Military, Sex and the law, Torture, War, West Africa, tagged Thoughts, Hate Crimes, Current Events, Tony Blair, Sierra Leone, Female, Diaspora, Terrorism, Terror, Diamonds, Sexual Assault, Insurgent on June 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Three men have been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during Sierra Leone’s decade-long war.
Read on . . .
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Posted in International News, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Opinion, Police, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Politics, Progressive, Race, Race Relations, Racial Slur, Racism, Torture, Uncategorized, tagged Conservative, Current Events, Hate Crimes, James Seal, James Seale, Terror, Terrorism, Terrorist, Thoughts on June 15, 2007 | No Comments »
James Seale, a former Mississippi police officer and member of the Ku Klux Klan, has finally been convicted in the 1964 deaths of Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, two Black hitchhikers. According to testimony from Seale’s cousin and ex-klansman Charles Marcus Edwards, Seale and his companions drove the two victims, both in their teens, to a forest where they were [...]
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There’s an Austrian village with a very interesting name, to English speakers at least. Tourists pose to have their photos taken next to the sign bearing the name of the village, and the authorities have to replace the sign several times a year because it gets stolen that often.
I wonder if “Washington” means something interesting [...]
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Posted in Africa, African Music, Immigration, Music, Politics, Radio, Reggae, West Africa, tagged Creole, Sierra Leone, Thoughts on June 12, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Last night, I went to an event organized by the ONE Campaign as part of their attempt to educate presidential candidates for the ‘08 elections about extreme poverty. Thanks to one of my directors for forwarding me the flyer to what became one of the best evenings I’ve ever had in DC.
The ONE Campaign, which [...]
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