January 2012
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December 2011
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“But the point is, my dear fellow, that there may be cases when the government...”
– Leo Tolstoy, on revolution
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“I assume that a salary is the price paid for a commodity, and it ought to...”
– Leo Tolstoy, on income inequality
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“If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.”
– Leo Tolstoy, “Anna Karenina”
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“He was happy; but on entering upon family life he saw at every step that it was...”
– Leo Tolstoy, on marriage
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“What do they want to argue for? No one ever convinces anyone, you know.”
– Leo Tolstoy, “Anna Karenina”
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nprfreshair:
Audio for Terry’s interview with...
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“The American novel is…a conquest of the frontier; as it describes our...”
– Ralph Ellison, The Art of Fiction
“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
– Buddha
November 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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Slavery by Another Name: →
Last Friday, Mark Melvin, who is serving a life sentence at Kilby, filed suit in federal court against the prison’s officials and the state commissioner of corrections, claiming they have unjustly kept a book out of his hands.
The book, which was sent to him by his lawyer, is a work of history. More specifically, it is a Pulitzer Prize-winning work of Southern history, an investigation of...
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A Grievous Wrong →
“…Seven of nine witnesses against Mr. Davis recanted after trial. Six said the police threatened them if they did not identify Mr. Davis. The man who first told the police that Mr. Davis was the shooter later confessed to the crime…”
40 years after Attica, this is just another horrifying reflection of the racial injustice within our justice system. Please take these...
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Georgia Pardons Board Denies Clemency for Davis →
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
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The Lingering Injustice of Attica →
40 years ago today, the Attica Uprising began, and I encourage you to read this op-ed in the NYT that exposes some of the details of the ordeal.
Unfortunately, the United States continues to incarcerate a huge portion of it’s population, leading the world in incarceration rates. Here are some quick facts on the injustices of our prison system:
One in three African-American males will be...
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August 2011
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Watch the Throne Review →
Jay Z & Kanye collabo. Not feelin’ the auto-tuned Nina Simone. Good discussion of race & gender though.
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Leap of Faith; Or, How the United States Became a... →
While looking over Bachmann’s State Senate campaign Web site, I stumbled upon a list of book recommendations. The third book on the list, which appeared just before the Declaration of Independence and George Washington’s Farewell Address, is a 1997 biography of Robert E. Lee by J. Steven Wilkins… Wilkins is the leading proponent of the theory that the South was an orthodox Christian...
“Baby girl, respect is just a minimum.”
– Doo Wop (That Thing), The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
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“Those who criticize our generation forget who raised it.”
– Ulysses Smith (via theangryblackwoman)
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“(SAMO) A PIN DROPS LIKE A PUNGENT ODOR”
– Jean-Michel Basquiat