As we gear up for the general – and away from the primaries – check out this TV ad produced by MoveOn.org, and give if you can.

A former student sent this guest blog in. This young sister is incredibly talented. Devyn Wray was a brilliant student who wrote powerful essays, and I’ve seen her perform – in my class and atContinue reading

U p S o u t hYo u th Li t era r y Co n tes t 1stAnnual WRITING TOPIC:?Harlem is changing. New buildings, newstores, new people, new streets ? and theseare just theContinue reading

Felicia Pride has asked bloggers throughout the community to celebrate the Hip Hop song that means the most to us. Lauryn Hill immediately comes to my mind. The Mis-Education of Lauryn Hill not only honorsContinue reading

Check out this hilarious blog, complete with musical selections you can click and play. Thanks to Audrey Edwards, who sent this from Paris. If you still have five minutes to spare at work, take theContinue reading

This comes from my editor, Malaika Adero. Congratulations, sis! You are a phenomenal force in publishing! I?d like to share an announcement made by Judith Curr yesterday: It gives me great pleasure to announce thatContinue reading

Check out scenes from the surprise celebration of Troy Johnson and www.AALBC.com.

This statement came to me from Troy Johnson of www.AALBC.com. Kudos to Zane for creating work that celebrates our lesbian sisters and for continuing to publish work that appeals to the LGBT community – andContinue reading

I was pleased and proud to see ordinary New Yorkers engage in peaceful civil disobedience yesterday. The slaying of Queens resident Sean Bell is the latest incident of physical violence against the dispossessed committed byContinue reading

A circle of editors, writers, agents, and other professionals in Black Books gathered with Marva Allen at Harlem’s Hue Man Bookstore to honor AALBC.com founder Troy Johnson. Hosted by “Lit Leaders” (elegantly attired in allContinue reading

>INTERVIEW: junot diaz================== http://www.counterpunch.org/waj04112008.htmlAn Interview with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist Junot DiazRevenge of the Ghetto NerdBy WAJAHAT ALI The Ghetto nerd came to America at age 6 with his impoverished Dominican family, like so many othersContinue reading

Seems like folk have fallen into two camps over the Wright controversy: Either they resent Wright and want him to shush so as not to ruin Obama’s candidacy, or they resent the media and wantContinue reading

Thanks to publicist Linda Duggins for sending this FOX video of Father Pfleger of Saint Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago. Watch the 10 minute video. Father Pfleger calls out Fox, discusses his relationship with WrightContinue reading

Back in the early 90s, when Bush the Elder ran the White House, Hip Hop was about to shift out of the love tradition in which it was born, American families were just starting toContinue reading

Please see below for the important information Spelman women have compiled. Thanks, Joyce Davis, for sending me this: Political analysts continue to question whether America is ready for its first Black or first women president.Continue reading

Thanks to Joyce Davis for this: **While many are speculating that Hillary Clinton will win tomorrow’s Pennsylvania primary, a new survey commissioned by LEADS at Spelman College reveals that minority female democrats are not asContinue reading

Thanks to my Uncle Lance, who sent me this link to DipDive. Check it out – and YES! that is Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet’s daughter Zoe. So beautiful. Go, Obama. Go!