tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232225602009-11-07T15:50:06.059-05:00Art. Culture. Education. Politics. Truth...achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comBlogger80150liberatorfeaturedpostshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-37892958145046581972009-10-24T03:39:00.004-04:002009-10-28T11:22:29.661-04:00{liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} I'm still having a hard time processing how I feel about the death of Derrion Albert, a 16-year-old Chicago high school student who was brutally beaten by a...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Daniellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-77578567929222561282009-10-13T17:04:00.006-04:002009-10-28T02:34:59.120-04:00{via Flickr} {liberatormagazine.com feature} WHY?: One reason The Liberator exists is to create spaces where dialogue, that may otherwise not take place, can take place. Our challenge to ourselves...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-16496290639816800842009-10-08T18:53:00.002-04:002009-10-08T18:58:02.340-04:00{via Flickr} {liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} The Railsplitter's Stew, Obama Serves Up Contempt essay: Frederick B. Hudson An historically spliced rendering of the ironic symbolism that...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-40156293563518575082009-10-08T18:49:00.004-04:002009-10-08T18:59:25.089-04:00{David (Peter Sarsgaard) opens the door of his car and a new life to Jenny (Carey Mulligan) in An Education} {liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} “An Education,” A Film Rings the Bell Of...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-72186488514971485532009-09-24T17:03:00.001-04:002009-11-02T18:03:27.660-05:00{via Flickr} {liberatormagazine.com feature} From the Ghetto to Gaza: an interview with Mutulu Olugbala aka M1 of dead prez by the Minister of Information JR Mutulu Olugbala, otherwise known...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-21905268319214588042009-09-23T13:39:00.013-04:002009-11-06T10:24:11.389-05:00{liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} "The Hallway" of "post-modern" western life (and Passing Strange): The Hallway is an interesting art exhibit by [Miranda July] that (to me) seems to sum up...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-32241345763734964432009-09-22T16:10:00.002-04:002009-09-29T16:15:51.517-04:00{via Flickr} {liberatormagazine.com feature} Our Intellectual Moorings: Today in the academy, including some Historically Black Colleges and Universities, it is possible to earn a Bachelor’s degree...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Josh Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-82105473833471231162009-09-21T08:34:00.009-04:002009-09-22T16:35:27.838-04:00{liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} @ Face[book]: This has been on my mind for a while. Facebook has totally changed my life. It's part shrine, part totem, part communion, part vanity. What's...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]ElectricLadyLikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12452490525312733483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-57944385963344438922009-09-14T22:06:00.002-04:002009-11-06T10:23:46.222-05:00{"Graduation", © Roy DeCarava} I recently stumbled across this interview with photographer [Roy DeCarava] and I wanted to share it because this man is brilliant.* He's not nearly as widely known as...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Daniellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-6956471779111266642009-09-14T22:00:00.008-04:002009-10-28T02:45:01.234-04:00{liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} The Complex Life of Frederick Douglass Opens Different Doors in Ireland and America by Frederick B. Hudson Sometimes the shortest distance between...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-58767969990974243042009-09-09T13:34:00.008-04:002009-11-02T18:24:15.846-05:00{liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} The Roots vs. Pimp C: Never do what "they" do? : Folks, [including me], were talking a lot a few weeks ago about what to make of The Roots' recent decision...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-32092973899971635072009-09-09T11:32:00.003-04:002009-09-14T22:27:52.854-04:00The Howard University Afro-American Studies Department's new Chairman, Dr. Greg Carr has been co-leading a group of 20+ students into Kemet and blogging the trip from the continent. [The complete...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-35263035802663166112009-09-05T23:49:00.006-04:002009-10-28T02:21:51.164-04:00Michele La Morte-Shbat will be contributing a series of nonfiction pieces to The Liberator, mainly focusing on her experiences living and traveling extensively in the Middle East region for the past...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]kamillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587721116397682158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-35595316016486178992009-09-02T17:49:00.001-04:002009-09-04T22:05:21.006-04:00{via Flickr} We get a lot of great submissions for our Open Mic poetry section in the magazine; so many that we need to expand it. This online section will allow us to give more poets an opportunity...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-62904149462740248632009-08-31T15:45:00.009-04:002009-09-07T13:30:05.430-04:00The Howard University Afro-American Studies Department's new Chairman, Dr. Greg Carr has been co-leading a group of 20+ students into Kemet and blogging the trip from the continent. [The complete...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-36644507099676845862009-08-31T15:45:00.008-04:002009-09-07T13:29:51.264-04:00The Howard University Afro-American Studies Department's new Chairman, Dr. Greg Carr has been co-leading a group of 20+ students into Kemet and blogging the trip from the continent. [The complete...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-10490392447751344862009-08-27T14:46:00.009-04:002009-09-14T22:38:53.476-04:00{University Of The Streets, NYC} {liberatormagazine.com announcement} We want to take a quick poll for our NYC Liberator folk. Would you be interested in a regular jam session in the Lower East...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-70012509079274432392009-08-26T20:51:00.000-04:002009-08-26T20:51:19.380-04:00WHY?: The Howard University Afro-American Studies Department's new Chairman, Dr. Greg Carr has been co-leading a group of 20+ students into Kemet and blogging the trip from the continent. [The...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-45268243568248328482009-08-26T20:49:00.001-04:002009-08-26T20:51:29.240-04:00WHY?: The Howard University Afro-American Studies Department's new Chairman, Dr. Greg Carr has been co-leading a group of 20+ students into Kemet and blogging the trip from the continent. [The...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-18633297657555547802009-08-26T20:26:00.006-04:002009-11-02T16:59:32.248-05:00{via Flickr} University of Oregon Professor Mohamed S. Jemmali submitted this essay to us a few weeks ago. Aside from the fact that we've just been busy 'round here, that Senator Ted Kennedy passed...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-78513777155420593232009-08-25T16:54:00.003-04:002009-11-04T21:37:54.890-05:00{via Flickr} {throwback | liberatormagazine.com} A couple of weeks ago, NPR Morning Edition highlighted "Jelly", a semi-weekly gathering of freelancers of various ilk (graphic designers, web...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Daniellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-21833123550484702822009-08-21T20:45:00.013-04:002009-08-26T20:48:45.262-04:00WHY?: The Howard University Afro-American Studies Department's new Chairman, Dr. Greg Carr has been co-leading a group of 20+ students into Kemet and blogging the trip from the continent. [The...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-41872576343925454882009-08-21T16:42:00.003-04:002009-08-25T14:16:52.969-04:00{liberatormagazine.com feature} Sovereign Evolution: Manifest Destiny from "Civil Rights" to "Sovereign Rights" by Ezrah Aharone (reviewed by Dan Tres Omi) When the topic of legal sovereignty is...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]kamillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587721116397682158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-35322848439214314342009-08-20T17:49:00.003-04:002009-08-20T17:53:08.354-04:00A new book by Dr. Mark Naison and Allen Jones on coming of age in the South Bronx during the 1950's and 1960's. The memoir is the first full-length book to originate from the Bronx African-American...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Michael Partishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058175488032171189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-64787751793662486682009-08-16T23:30:00.005-04:002009-10-27T13:51:45.146-04:00{liberatormagazine.com announcement} We've got a popular item returning to The Liberator Store today: They were sold out for a minute, but now Dave's back making hand-made "Black On Black Love"...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-33760631447598572009-08-16T22:20:00.008-04:002009-11-04T21:37:42.610-05:00{liberatormagazine.com announcement} Good news: We've just completed updating our new [forums]. Split into Public and Private sections, the former will be a place where folks can discuss and build...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-14527002207428923982009-08-14T11:05:00.011-04:002009-11-02T19:26:44.930-05:00Listen now: Interstellar Space (check it | or it) [+!] [++!] [+++!] [++++!] (approaching a mucha musica monday slowly but surely) [Rashied Ali], [Rest In Beats]<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-81602325505060248422009-08-04T20:53:00.005-04:002009-11-02T19:26:44.981-05:00Listen now: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (check it). Mucha Musica Monday coming soon, I'm feeling extra goooood. :)<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-44691035891503806092009-07-27T23:59:00.003-04:002009-11-06T10:22:43.402-05:00{© Michael Wildman} While the next few issues of The Liberator are cooking, we'll be sharing snippets of our Visual Arts interviews and articles. For the full versions, be sure to subscribe for just...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Daniellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-80602572778325734502009-07-25T13:54:00.007-04:002009-09-14T22:38:03.928-04:00{throwback | liberatormagazine.com} [BUMPED: due to great comments] A close friend of mine shared with me some of his thoughts on the recent post "The Fallacies Of Afrocentrism" and the response...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-88415084782916532622009-07-24T23:59:00.010-04:002009-07-25T01:42:17.460-04:00{via Flickr} We get a lot of great submissions for our Open Mic poetry section in the magazine; so many that we need to expand it. This online section will allow us to give more poets an opportunity...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-69921961167163072542009-07-22T23:59:00.005-04:002009-11-06T10:22:32.163-05:00"Freeway" © Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin While the next few issues of The Liberator are cooking, we'll be sharing snippets of our Visual Arts interviews and articles. For the full versions, be sure to...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Daniellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-6623679623041060052009-07-22T23:58:00.006-04:002009-11-06T10:22:11.657-05:00"Self-Portrait" © Valerie Caesar While the next few issues of The Liberator are cooking, we'll be sharing snippets of our Visual Arts interviews and articles. For the full versions, be sure to...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Daniellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-47113418149297512272009-07-22T18:07:00.002-04:002009-10-27T18:15:18.956-04:00WHY?: Dr. Greg Carr is a [giant] when it comes to [Africana studies], [ask Brian Williams]. So I was very excited to hear that he has just been named chair of the department of Afro-American Studies...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-36613455730307177222009-07-18T23:59:00.002-04:002009-11-04T21:36:27.990-05:00Reporting Live, From Planet Earth. We here now. Got the fire started, the grill hot, the special Sangria flowing, and the cornbread in the oven. If you're reading this, you should be...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-5058938611496031612009-07-18T23:58:00.005-04:002009-11-02T18:04:34.058-05:00Never greedy, we like to share even what was left on the cutting room floor as we labored in love to produce [The Liberator Magazine 8.1]. And since we just so happen to have this here blog, what...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-1876364879090063562009-07-18T23:58:00.004-04:002009-11-02T18:03:28.356-05:00Never greedy, we like to share even what was left on the cutting room floor as we labored in love to produce [The Liberator Magazine 8.1]. And since we just so happen to have this here blog, what...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-75006153155321221102009-07-16T23:58:00.001-04:002009-07-16T14:47:35.547-04:00{liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} It's been two weeks since The Gloved One's untimely demise and I'm still kind of reeling from it all. I was standing on U Street outside Bohemian Caverns...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Daniellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-23240978408028188532009-07-09T23:59:00.001-04:002009-07-11T13:10:21.348-04:00{via Flickr} {liberatormagazine.com feature} The South Bronx, and Public Housing: The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor has brought both places to the public’s frame of reference over the past...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Michael Partishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058175488032171189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-44715079063750168882009-06-26T23:59:00.006-04:002009-10-28T02:41:37.704-04:00{liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} Please ignore the sensational "Latina Lover" graphic from Talking Points Memo and watch this press conference with South Carolina governor Mark Sanford....<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Daniellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-21519792980585351772009-06-23T13:47:00.014-04:002009-07-05T14:09:31.698-04:00{liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} WHY?: I've never been to Martha's Vineyard myself, not really sure if that would change some of my thoughts about what's said in this [article]. Does...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]igbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07752500765381152709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-14885503976064313192009-06-20T23:58:00.001-04:002009-06-26T13:43:29.748-04:00{liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} WHY?: Ezrah Aharone is the author of two books: Sovereign Evolution and Pawned Sovereignty, and will be featured in an upcoming issue of The Liberator. In...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]kamillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587721116397682158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-91571729940788229422009-06-11T23:59:00.011-04:002009-08-07T07:36:08.774-04:00{liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} A while back Achali made some comments about being depression- and recession-proof -- living within or better yet, below your means so that you don't really...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]kamillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587721116397682158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-28115966985069655812009-06-04T20:00:00.005-04:002009-06-10T14:27:55.044-04:00The Liberator Magazine is currently accepting internship applicants for Summer 2009 in the following departments: Editorial, Circulation and Distribution, Advertising, Marketing, and Visual...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-44173285850860091922009-06-03T23:59:00.006-04:002009-06-26T13:44:17.900-04:00© Lorna Simpson, "Wigs" {liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} *Author's note: Slightly rambling, Angry Black Woman post ahead; proceed with caution I was walking around the Petworth/"14th...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Daniellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-57642010607197498872009-05-26T23:56:00.004-04:002009-06-26T13:44:23.619-04:00"...as I get older, while skill is still impressive (Lebron James, for example), it don't matter as much to me as my connection and commonality to the person behind the talent or...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-10793457575835318642009-05-24T23:59:00.006-04:002009-06-10T13:08:55.132-04:00"As men, we are cowards in the face of failure. It is something we run away from. We don't even want to discuss it. It is consuming like a brightly fueled fire. It takes us down a few levels. It is...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]achalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098780056183717730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-18724110917837612552009-05-21T23:59:00.001-04:002009-11-02T18:03:28.944-05:00{liberatormagazine.com feature} Welcome To Bucktown is a soulful album because the music is driven by blaxsploitation samples and grimy drum patterns. The project speaks directly to General Steele’s...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Mike TVmiveytv@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-90699509263765358072009-05-21T23:57:00.003-04:002009-10-28T00:39:09.116-04:00{liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} In the Goodie Mob’s classic 1998 hit song, the rap outfit says, "they don’t dance no mo." That’s not the case, however, today. It's March 2009. The...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]vigoronlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160209884560992037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23222560.post-58048491882247945592009-05-16T23:59:00.010-04:002009-06-10T13:09:49.319-04:00{liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} Anita Kainthla is a freelance writer, author and a new contributor to The Liberator. She recently visited the Cholamandalam Artist's Village in the city of...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]kamillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587721116397682158noreply@blogger.com