Single Black Female, a play that explores the interior lives of contemporary African American women, will run at The Duke on 42nd Street through June 29th. Hilarious, authentic, poignant, and glorious: this new production speaksContinue reading

PANDORA’STen Monologues Open the Box of Queer Latino Identities Sister Outsider Entertainment(Producers: Julia Carias, Elisha Miranda, Sofia Quintero & Alexander Ramirez) PRESENT PANDORA’S is a multimedia theater production featuring monologues and documentary shorts which shedsContinue reading

Thanks to Jelani Cobb, who sent this to me: Dear Friends: I am one of the contributors to the anthology Be A Father to Your Child, which focuses on encouraging healthy fatherhood development in theContinue reading

See below for info from Kevin Powell for Congress: Kevin Powell for Congress Join our ranks. Build our forces. Together? we will win! PETITION SCHEDULE NOW ONLINE:http://www.kevinpowellforcongress.org/event_petitioning/ Need new materials? Need more materials? Need aContinue reading

Thanks to Linda Duggins for sending this to me: An Open Letter to Certain White Women Who Are Threatening to Withhold Support from Obama in November Your Whiteness is Showing By TIM WISE This isContinue reading

Thanks to Marie-Elena for sending this to me: The City College Black Studies ProgramThe Black Male Leadership and Mentoring ProjectThe City College of New York, 138 Street & Convent Avenue, MR14New York, NY 10031 SummerContinue reading

Please see the transcript below for Terrie Williams’ recent CNN appearance: WHITFIELD: And as you can see, talking about depression is very difficult for anyone. But Jordan is an amazing, remarkable example. So in theContinue reading

Check out this Ron Kavanaugh interview from Blogcritics Magazine: Interview with Ron Kavanaugh of Mosaic Literary MagazineWritten by Mayra CalvaniPublished June 09, 2008Part of The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing Launched in 1998, Mosaic LiteraryContinue reading

June 13, 2008 National Association of Black Journalists NABJ Mourns the Loss of NBC’s Tim Russert‘Sunday mornings will not be the same without him’ WASHINGTON, D.C., June 13, 2008 – The National Association of BlackContinue reading

Please see the Develop Don’t Destroy newsletter below, and please support their efforts to save Brooklyn from over-development, continued gentrification, and more displacement: Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn NewsletterJune 10, 2008 Atlantic Yards in Jeopardy asContinue reading

Imagine if Hillary had won the primary and Barack, as loser, had remained in the spotlight, refusing to concede for days, speaking, for example, to AIPAC about his vision for Israel without emphasizing that thisContinue reading

African Diaspora Heritage Trail — Bermuda Conference Essay Competition About The African Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference: The ADHT Conference is part of an ongoing initiative to unite African descendents from all over the world, encourageContinue reading

The following comes from poet Patricia Spears Jones: Senator Obama appears to be on his way to the nomination of the Democratic Party and he gave what is usually called a “red meat” speech withContinue reading

I cried last night. I never thought I would get so emotional over a presidential campaign. I am beaming. So proud. My prediction: This is the beginning of a new nation, a new world, aContinue reading

Watch this Laura Flaunders GRITtv discussion with Faye Wattleton of The Center for the Advancement of Women, my friend Tara Roberts of Cosmo Girl! magazine, Jill Iscol of the Clinton campaign, and Janet Dewart Bell,Continue reading

Thanks to Joyce Davis for sending me this London Daily Mail article: How my mother’s fanatical views tore us apartBy Rebecca WalkerLast updated at 1:18 PM on 23rd May 2008 She’s revered as a trail-blazingContinue reading

I am so disheartened by the polarizing rhetoric that Clinton and her supporters continue to articulate. Please see the NABJ response to Geraldine Ferraro’s latest comments about Black journalists below. I still have faith thatContinue reading

Hillary Clinton again used “almostspeak,” her own brand of Orwellian language, to compel the worst in America. Like some crazed diablo, she conjures the very worst in American history – and in Americans. From TheContinue reading