Monthly Archives: April 2008

A NEW MOVEMENT HAS EMERGED IN CUBA, fueled by a stifling trade embargo and its deep-seated consequences—namely poverty and racialized inequalities. In response, Hip-hop Cubano has forged a new revolution. Armed with batas, congas and Cuba’s musical sensibilities, Raperos Cubanos … Continue reading →

EVERY CITY/STATE/SOCIETY SHOULD HAVE at least one educational institution dedicated to the creative construction of new formulations of the social problems and solutions that perpetuate that social system. Only one school is dedicated to such a function and it is … Continue reading →

I RECENTLY CO-FACILITATED A WORKSHOP ON sexual and dating violence in the LGBT community at the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference. The workshop discussed the topic of sexual and dating violence in the LGBT community. The other … Continue reading →

BOB WAHLFELDT DIED ON MARCH 26, 2008. He was an important part of and an inspiration to much of the local activist community. The following is excerpted from comments about Bob made by Barbara Kessel and Gene Vanderport on October … Continue reading →

THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH is a controversial issue, particularly within education. Events last semester at UIUC portrayed the manipulative nature in which individuals in power can selectively interpret and enforce this right. While individuals in the dominant group … Continue reading →

THREE YEARS AGO, I APPLIED FOR A JOB teaching a basic Western art history survey course, at a men’s prison in Danville, Illinois. It would be my first job out of graduate school and one that has since shaped my … Continue reading →

Probable cause, probable cause You don’t have to break no laws They say probable cause —Brand Nubian, hip hop group NEARLY A YEAR AGO, on March 30, 2007, when a 17 year-old black youth was stopped in Douglass Park, pepper … Continue reading →

Phaedra C. Pezzullo, is Assistant Professor of Communication and Culture at Indiana University. What are your thoughts on Fifth and Hill? It’s important to recognize that environmental racism or environmental pollution has been disproportionately placed in communities of color and … Continue reading →

In prison when someone snaps in an extraordinarily shocking manner; the perfect inmate, about to parole out, walks into the shift office, closes the door, tells the warden and entire staff what’s wrong with the criminal justice system in general … Continue reading →

I’m glad to hear about the Dalai Lama talking to the marchers. At the same time it’s the only really peaceful thing happening to protest the Chinese occupation. So it’s a lot to think about, most of these monks have … Continue reading →