Democracy Now headlines 10-17-2014 [Democracy Now] How the Florida Governor’s debate became #Fangate. [NPR] Daily Show With Jon Stewart – Democalypse 2014 – The Last Perspiration of Crist Florida man gets life in prison in loud music killing. [Yahoo] Teenager’s mysterious death evokes painful imagery in North Carolina: ‘It’s in the DNA of America’ – Police say they have no evidence of foul play in the hanging death of black teenager Lennon Lacy. But in a case with disturbing racial overtones, …
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DJ Quik The Midnight Life stream DJ Quik Talks Evolution of Music Scene, West Coast Artists and Performs Live on Sway In The Morning – DJ Quik has just released his 9th studio album The Midnight Life . In the intro sketch DJ Quick is asked how Hip-Hop can be revived today and Quik answered, “Hip-Hop need a Banjo in it!” With that statement the journey into The Midnight Life begins in which DJ Quik delivers some of his trademark G-Funk, Soul, R&B sounds …
Everything Comes From The Streets (2014) is a documentary by filmmaker and USD Ethnic Studies professor Alberto López Pulido about the lowrider car culture in San Diego, in particular the neighborhood that surrounds the iconic Chicano Park. In this documentary Alberto explores the history/herstory of lowrider customized car culture here in the states and its cultural, social, economic, and political significance to the Latino community. Everything Comes From The Streets shows us that as much as the status quo tries to paint Latino …
Shorty looks like a suicide bomber with plastic explosives dangling off her neck, but she’s just kicking it; posting on a Radio Raheem-size boom box. Her posture is erect, but her expression is aloof or self-conscious. The objects resting on her chest resemble a rapper’s many gold chains. She’s got a Flavor Flav clock around her neck, African medallions, and other things that could either be a radio, a drum machine or something else entirely. Her alluring curves and cute features magnify …
Democracy Now headlines for 10-10-2014. [Democracy Now] Fatal shooting of 18-year-old by off-duty police officer ignites protests in St. Louis. [Washington Post] Why does the St. Louis PD keep changing their story about the killing of VonDerrit Myers? [DailyKos] Democracy Now – Black Prophetic Fire: Cornel West on the Revolutionary Legacy of Leading African-American Voices Democracy Now – “I Am Coming to the End of a Long Journey”: Legendary Detroit Activist Grace Lee Boggs in Hospice Democracy Now (April 14, …
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