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SOPA Blackout Helps Stall Anti-Piracy Bill From Moving Through Senate ... For Now
Tech & Gaming ♦ Posted 01/18/2012
After more than 7,000 high-traffic websites -- including Wikipedia, Reddit, Google, Amazon and others -- blacked out and/or supported the protest of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act) on Wednesday (January 18), several co-sponsors of the Senate bill withdrew their support ... thus stopping the attempt at web censorship in its... |
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An End to an All Too Common Controversy (Commentary By Rev. Yearwood)
Politics ♦ Posted 05/19/2011
Lennox Yearwood, Jr. minister, community activist, and President of the Hip Hop Caucus in Washington, D.C, a national non-profit organization that engages young people in urban communities. Following all the controversy over Chicago rapper Common's invite to the White House by Michelle Obama for a poetry reading, and how media disected his every line after, Yearwood felt compelled to address the situation in a commentary... |
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Chuck D Protests Immigration Law With Fine Art Collaboration
Life / Culture, Politics ♦ Posted 02/11/2011
Where does racial profiling end when it's the law? This is only one of the many questions Public Enemy founder Chuck D poses with "By The Time I Got To Arizona," a fine art collaboration created under his specific direction that foreshadows the future of America if policies based on profiling continue. For his first foray into fine art, the hip-hop legend worked hand-in-hand with... |
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Website Owners Dispute Government Seizures, Say They Aren't To Blame
Politics ♦ Posted 12/21/2010
While most people were enjoying turkey with their families over the Thanksgiving holiday, federal authorities were shutting down several websites, as part of Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA), which allows the seizure of domain names without due process or even a mention of wrong-doing. Popular hip-hop websites OnSmash.com and RapGodFathers.com were among the 82 domain names snatched up from under their... |
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Congress Passes Web Censorship Bill, Two Hip-Hop Sites Shut Down
Tech & Gaming ♦ Posted 11/26/2010
Congress finally hammered out a bill on last Thursday (November 18), called the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA), which would empower the government to take action against websites offering unauthorized copyrighted or counterfeit content. Last week Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the bill, in which the Attorney General gains the right to shut down... |
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Ras Kass Catches Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal in a Lie
Videos ♦ Posted 05/24/2010
Ras Kass catches Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal making a funny error while speaking at a news conference about the oil spill currently threatening the Gulf. "You, as a f***in' citizen should pay attention 'cause these n****s say anything and you believe it," Rasy... |
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KRS-One Talks New World Order Conspiracy Theories & 'The Obama Deception'
Politics ♦ Posted 09/26/2009
The internet is a web of information. You can look up how to cook your favorite dishes, or find out what Tupac's favorite sneakers were. Or, if your into the movement, you might read up on the long list of conspiracy theories that are published on a daily basis. One rapper who follows the NWO theory is... |
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President Obama Talks Medical System Reform On '60 Minutes'
Videos ♦ Posted 09/15/2009
With public support for health care reform and his administration in decline, he decided to regain control over the debate with a speech before a joint session of Congress. The president hoped to resuscitate plans for an overhaul of the medical system. "60 Minutes" spoke with him Friday at the White House, and he seemed confident that he had... |
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Dead Prez Speak On Global Police State
Videos ♦ Posted 06/11/2009
People are becoming more aware of globalism spreading, the plans of the evil illuminati, and how those in power are pulling the wool over everybody's eyes. The rap duo discusses a little piece of this, in this short... |
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Dead Prez Address 'The Barack Obama Issue'
Videos ♦ Posted 05/25/2009
As they gear up for the release of their upcoming album Pulse of the People with DJ Green Lantern, Dead Prez sit down and get political during his Invasion Radio, addressing "the Barack Obama issue" and asked the Americans "what change are you looking for?"... |
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