Todd S Burroughs
 Six years ago, my friend Malik Russell and I did an Internet radio show called “Black World Report.” Here’s an excerpt from one of our shows. Please listen and vote. Also, please vote for our friend, commentator Jared Ball.
 From Kalamu. An open letter to Oprah 4/18/7: From Saul Williams Dear Ms. Winfrey, It is with the greatest respect and adoration of your loving spirit that I write you. As a young child, I would sit beside my mother everyday and watch your program. As a young adult, with children of my own, [...]
 ………….Uncle Ben is now CEO of Uncle Ben’s Rice! Don’t believe me? Click here, then listen to this. (First Aunt Jemima gets a perm, and now this. Hmph. We must be in 2007. ) Some historical context can be found here.
Just got this from Akila Worksongs.  “It’s Men’s Attitude, Stupid!”: A Commentary About Imus, Hiphop And Sexism By Byron Hurt April 24, 2007 As a response to the Don Imus fallout surrounding his racist and sexist rant hurled at the blameless Rutgers University women’s basketball team – and to the dramatic shift and intense media [...]
Yes, I’m that geeky. APRIL 30th UPDATE: The full trailer is out! It’s here.
I mean, how could a world news industry, run by middle-aged men who are lifelong readers, ingore this story? LOL!
If so, too bad. I’ve thought it was going to merge with TV One, not just die. Our activists like to talk about our hundred billion dollar spending power. Well, it’s clear now that having a trillion dollars doesn’t and won’t mean much if that money is not targeted—if we can’t convince advertisers and cable and satellite operators [...]
Damn. Yes, he was the leader of The Generation of White Reporters Who Made Their Names Covering Vietnam And The Civil Rights Movement for Segregated Newsrooms (He covered SNCC from the beginning), but he was also a great storyteller deeply committed to craft. He also told it like it was. Damn.
This press release has been making the e-rounds. Glad to find the news this morning. WMXP-LP / 95.5 FM The Voice of the People Community Radio for Greenville, South Carolina 321 W. Antrim Drive, P.O.Box 16102, Greenville, SC 29607 Tel. 864-239-0470;  Fax 864-242-2560  E-mail mxgrm@aol.com     For Immediate Release Contact: Efia Nwangaza, mxgrm@aol.com, 864-901-8627 Siyade Gemechisa, [...]
…………coincidentally enough, a week after airing a report on the I-Mess. As usual, hiphop was blamed for Everything That Has Gone Wrong With Black People. Although at least there was some acknowledgement last night that money talks, and that the rappers are just doing their part to make it (for the white corporations). Checking out tonight’s story, I heard [...]