There has always been a fundamental struggle for the "soul" of hip hop
culture, represented by the deep tension between politically-conscious and
"positivity" rap artists versus the powerful and reactionary impulses toward
misogyny,...
03 February 2002
The politics of hip hop culture took an important step forward recently with
the Russell Simmons-founded Hip Hop Summit Action Network's hosting of the
historic West Coast Hip-Hop Summit. Organized by Summit President Minister
Benjamin...
30 January 2002
Throwing the book at people is nothing new, but in our post 9/11
world, the screws are tightening. Take San Francisco, whose district
attorney, Terence "Kayo" Hallinan, has the reputation of being an unusually
progressive...
30 January 2002
Dear Editor,
It was heartening to read that our government is pledging almost $300 million to aid in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. This is a large number but it hardly compares with the amount of money that we are...
It was heartening to read that our government is pledging almost $300 million to aid in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. This is a large number but it hardly compares with the amount of money that we are...
23 January 2002
Everywhere we look, it's Enron, in the biggest tumult over
corporate criminality since the looting of the S&Ls in the 1980s. Enron will
be on the menu for months, if not years. Congress launches into at least
eight separate...
20 January 2002
The disjuncture these days between reality and what one reads in
the press here is pretty much absolute. The other day I opened up the San
Francisco Chronicle and found a piece hailing what the writer described as
something most...
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