Month: December 2011

In 2011, through the use of Hip Hop, a music genre that also marked the mentioned era, Lupe Fiasco vocally creates a montage of some of the scenes from classic "1990's classic Black cinema." Thanks to the advent of the...

Somewhere in Athens, Georgia exists a university within a university, aptly called Freedom University. The teachers are volunteers and the students are undocumented immigrants who've been shut out by the Georgia Board of Regents policy, which forbids undocumented students from...

Over the years, many archeologists and other researchers speculated about the origin and meaning of the stones assembled at Stonehenge. Researchers now claim that the original location of the rocks erected at the site was over 100 miles away.

The 'calm' before the storm itself, gives little indication of what will follow, but those who paid attention to what happened before the calm fully expect what comes next. As such, the calm before th

In a world where I still believe that most people are genuinely kind at heart, I am never disappointed by the generosity exhibited around the Holidays. The story of the anonymous donors at Kmart moved me to tears -- not...

Just as with most other things, we are socialized by those around us to adhere to culturally acceptable behavior during the grief process. We're all different, and likewise our reactions to grief can span the gambit from no outward show...

I guess it is finally 'official.' The war in Iraq is over; the last troop is gone. While supposedly objective journalists are reporting the toll on Americans due to this war of almost nine years, I think of the price...

This hard-to-describe movie, which combines talking-head documentary footage with a fictional narrative, attempts to explain quantum physics in terms most audiences can understand.

All children are entrusted to adults -- people who are charged with their care and protection. How then, does a mother stand idly by and watch her husband abuse her 24-month-old daughter because he claims she is 'spoiled?" If indeed...

Liberty Bound takes an entertaining look at America’s ongoing struggle to keep a comfortable balance between democracy, capitalism, and fascism. This is a film about historic events that shape history. It is a film about courage and fear; ignorance and...