http://globalgrind.com/discovered/calltoactionen-ushttp://globalgrind.com/content/41585/The-Miseducation-Of-Ludacris SaschasMom The hum on the opening day at the National Hip-Hop Political Convention was that Ludacris had played himself. Badly. Come on, man. You got a degree from Georgia State. Rap deserves more than that. We know that these days it's gangsta to be political. But if you really want to battle on that level, step up your game, else you'll just become another tool for the right-wing talk-show circuit.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/41585/The-Miseducation-Of-Ludacris?sc=1#socialSaschasMom8/3/2008 8:18:46 AMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/41584/National-HipHop-Political-Convention-Opens SaschasMom Thousands are expected to attend the Convention, with some coming from as far as Colombia and South Korea yesterday for the opening b-boy battle. They will be discussing issues like the criminalization of youth, youth violence, the right of return on the Gulf Coast, media justice, sexism in hip-hop, economic justice, Black-Brown solidarity, global warming, liberation theology, and vote disenfranchisement.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/41584/National-HipHop-Political-Convention-Opens?sc=1#socialSaschasMom8/3/2008 8:19:08 AMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/41185/Child-Prostitution-Up-After-Kenyas-Election-Bloodshed xfactor213 Prostitution and sexual exploitation are on the rise in the wake of the violence, which killed more than 1,000 people, eviscerated the economy and forced tens of thousands of children to leave school, doctors and human rights groups say. 14 year-old Janet Kimani sells herself daily for $3 per person. When will this stop?]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/41185/Child-Prostitution-Up-After-Kenyas-Election-Bloodshed?sc=1#socialxfactor2137/31/2008 1:38:51 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/41119/No-More-Essays-About-CNNs-Black-In-America-by-Davey-D Brother Jesse In response to the numerous essays and articles circulating about the lack of depth and insight of CNN's recent series 'Black in America' I will say this again and again. I grow tired of these types of articles as well meaning and insightful as they are...]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/41119/No-More-Essays-About-CNNs-Black-In-America-by-Davey-D?sc=1#socialBrother Jesse7/31/2008 11:35:09 AMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/40959/War-On-Terrorism-Or-Terrify-Your-Own-Country chirpthis Just incase you haven't figured this one out on your own.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/40959/War-On-Terrorism-Or-Terrify-Your-Own-Country?sc=1#socialchirpthis7/30/2008 1:29:41 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/40926/Congress-Formally-Apologize-for-Slavery-and-Jim-Crow The Socialite Representative Cohen issues a call for an apology to Slavery. This was never done before with fear of the demand of reparations.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/40926/Congress-Formally-Apologize-for-Slavery-and-Jim-Crow?sc=1#socialThe Socialite7/30/2008 4:46:48 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/39764/EXCLUSIVE-TO-GLOBAL-GRIND-Nas-vs-The-Fox Big Deez Yo, these guys are on top of it. It sounded really powerful too.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/39764/EXCLUSIVE-TO-GLOBAL-GRIND-Nas-vs-The-Fox?sc=1#socialBig Deez7/23/2008 4:40:32 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/38587/What-happened-to-Hip-Hops-Social-Consciousness xfactor213 Rap music has undergone drastic changes in the last 20 years. Considered the golden era of the music and culture, the '80s to mid-'90s, is when many Hip Hop purists came of age. Fans of that era blissfully reminisce of the days when one could tune to BET's Rap City in the afternoons and view videos by seminal "gangsta" rap group NWA, but then be sobered by the anti-violence message in a video by KRS-One. For some "old-school fans," such days are long gone.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/38587/What-happened-to-Hip-Hops-Social-Consciousness?sc=1#socialxfactor2137/18/2008 5:42:16 AMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/38256/Russell-Simmons-Is-Still-Doing-Big-Things Kdollaz1 One of the hottest events of the summer is back for another year. The Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation’s Ninth Annual Art For Life East Hampton benefit gala is finally here. This annual fundraising event is held at Russell Simmons’ East Hampton, N.Y., estate on Saturday and will be hosted by CNN’s Soledad O’Brien.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/38256/Russell-Simmons-Is-Still-Doing-Big-Things?sc=1#socialKdollaz17/16/2008 10:46:25 AMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/38097/Bush-Gave-Taliban-43-Million-Four-Months-before-911 xfactor213 With their $43 million corporate sponsorship of the Taliban in 2001, the Bush Administration failed to take the Taliban seriously enough in 2001 (as we learned four months later) and they do not take the Taliban seriously enough now, as we’ve seen with the spiraling violence this summer.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/38097/Bush-Gave-Taliban-43-Million-Four-Months-before-911?sc=1#socialxfactor2137/15/2008 12:15:57 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/37249/Are-Female-Soldiers-Being-Killed-for-Reporting-Rapes Ryan517 It appear as if PFC Lavena Johnson was murdered after reporting that she had been Sexually Assaulted. How many more have met her fate for reporting rapes?]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/37249/Are-Female-Soldiers-Being-Killed-for-Reporting-Rapes?sc=1#socialRyan5177/10/2008 3:55:21 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/37162/FBI-Plans-To-profile-Muslims-Like-They-Havent-Already xfactor213 The U.S. Justice Department is considering a change in the grounds on which the FBI can investigate citizens and legal residents of the United States. Till now, DOJ guidelines have required the FBI to have some evidence of wrongdoing before it opens an investigation. The impending new rules, which would be implemented later this summer, allow bureau agents to establish a terrorist profile or pattern of behavior and attributes and, on the basis of that profile, start investigating an individual or group.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/37162/FBI-Plans-To-profile-Muslims-Like-They-Havent-Already?sc=1#socialxfactor2137/10/2008 4:07:32 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/37068/Jesse-Jackson-Jr-To-Sr-STOP-HATING Kaboom Last year, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., wrote in the Chicago Sun Times: "You're wrong on Obama, Dad." This week, he has also released his own statement regarding the elder Jackson's comments About Obama: "I'm deeply outraged and disappointed in Rev. Jackson's reckless statements about Sen. Barack Obama," said the younger Jackson. "His divisive and demeaning comments about the presumptive Democratic nominee — and I believe the next president of the United States — contradict his inspiring and courageous career."]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/37068/Jesse-Jackson-Jr-To-Sr-STOP-HATING?sc=1#socialKaboom7/10/2008 6:47:59 AMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/36935/China-Predicted-to-Surpass-US-as-1-Economy-by-2035 streetknowledge China’s economy will overtake that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by midcentury, a study released Tuesday by a US research organization concluded.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/36935/China-Predicted-to-Surpass-US-as-1-Economy-by-2035?sc=1#socialstreetknowledge7/9/2008 1:59:55 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/36930/Iraqis-Say-You-Aint-Gotta-Go-Home-But streetknowledge Iraq’s national security adviser said Tuesday his country will not accept any security deal with the United States unless it contains specific dates for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/36930/Iraqis-Say-You-Aint-Gotta-Go-Home-But?sc=1#socialstreetknowledge7/9/2008 10:53:00 AMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/36790/Iraq-Government-VotesFor-Obama Osman Eralp This is big folks: Iraq insists on withdrawal timetable for US troops. McCain attacks Obama on withdrawal - while the IRAQIS are demanding one. You do the math!]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/36790/Iraq-Government-VotesFor-Obama?sc=1#socialOsman Eralp7/8/2008 4:17:59 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/36738/Obama-Clinton-Shirley-Chisholm T Baby Conversely, Obama doesn’t appeal to me simply because he is black. It helps, of course, but that’s not the core of it. He is just plain the right person for the job at this troubling stage in our history.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/36738/Obama-Clinton-Shirley-Chisholm?sc=1#socialT Baby7/8/2008 3:02:42 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/36718/VP-Cheney-Deleted-Revised-Environmental-Testimonies xfactor213 Centers for Disease Control Director Julie Gerberding saw her testimony last October on the health impacts of climate change revised. A former EPA official says Vice President Dick Cheney's office was illegally involved in that process.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/36718/VP-Cheney-Deleted-Revised-Environmental-Testimonies?sc=1#socialxfactor2137/8/2008 3:03:36 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/36480/Obamas-Convention-Speech-Moved-To-Stadium Soulfull Vibes (AP) Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination before up to 76,000 people at the Denver Broncos' football stadium instead of the smaller arena where the rest of the convention will be held, party officials said Monday.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/36480/Obamas-Convention-Speech-Moved-To-Stadium?sc=1#socialSoulfull Vibes7/8/2008 3:03:59 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/35657/US-Govt-to-Begin-Covert-Operations-In-Iran-God-Help-Us xfactor213 Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh believes that the United States may be closer to armed conflict with Iran than previously imagined. He writes about Congress' funding of covert military operations in the upcoming issue of The New Yorker. Listen to the full NPR interview here.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/35657/US-Govt-to-Begin-Covert-Operations-In-Iran-God-Help-Us?sc=1#socialxfactor2137/2/2008 4:33:34 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/35588/Wyclef-Brings-Investors-To-Haiti-Upscale-Swagger Sikskillz84 Wyclef Jean recently took a group of foreign investors to Haiti in hopes to pour money into the local economy.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/35588/Wyclef-Brings-Investors-To-Haiti-Upscale-Swagger?sc=1#socialSikskillz847/1/2008 10:53:39 AMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/35444/White-House-Blocking-The-Search-for-Bin-Laden Craig Redman The Pentagon has drafted a secret plan that would send U.S. special forces into the wild tribal regions of Pakistan to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants, but the White House has balked at giving the mission a green light, The New York Times reported today.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/35444/White-House-Blocking-The-Search-for-Bin-Laden?sc=1#socialCraig Redman6/30/2008 4:46:49 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/35389/Africa-under-pressure-to-condemn-Mugabe GG Content African leaders meeting at a summit in Egypt Monday are coming under increasing pressure to reject the results of Zimbabwe's widely discredited presidential runoff.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/35389/Africa-under-pressure-to-condemn-Mugabe?sc=1#socialGG Content6/30/2008 4:29:38 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/35302/Mugabe-sworn-in-after-disputed-Zimbabwean-election xfactor213 President Robert Mugabe was sworn in Sunday after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission declared he overwhelmingly won the country's disputed runoff election.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/35302/Mugabe-sworn-in-after-disputed-Zimbabwean-election?sc=1#socialxfactor2136/30/2008 5:08:03 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/34917/So-Thats-Why-Russell-Simmons-Been-So-Quiet Big Deez He's out in South Africa doing the diamond thing. What do yall think of what he's doing out there?]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/34917/So-Thats-Why-Russell-Simmons-Been-So-Quiet?sc=1#socialBig Deez6/26/2008 12:37:46 PM