tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318509294455881612009-12-05T15:20:32.825-08:00Hip Hop Caucus BlogHip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.comBlogger593125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-25226188036788167472008-08-16T07:30:00.000-07:002008-08-16T07:33:40.608-07:00New Orleans cops cleared in bridge shooting during Katrina aftermathMARY FOSTER (AP)- A judge threw out murder and attempted murder charges Wednesday against seven New Orleans police officers accused of gunning down two men on a bridge in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.In quashing the indictments, District Judge Raymond Bigelow agreed with defense arguments that prosecutors violated state law by divulging secret grand jury testimony to a police Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-88398599083748532022008-08-16T07:28:00.000-07:002008-08-16T07:29:35.157-07:00Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missilesJIM HEINTZ (AP)- A top Russian general said Friday that Poland’s agreement to accept a U.S. missile interceptor base exposes the ex-communist nation to attack, possibly by nuclear weapons, the Interfax news agency reported.The statement by Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn is the strongest threat that Russia has issued against the plans to put missile defense elements in former Soviet satellite Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-10919514200406123442008-08-16T07:26:00.000-07:002008-08-16T07:28:18.676-07:00Money, Black Power and radioU-Savior, Workers World- The August 2008 issue of Black Enterprise featured an article entitled “Money, Power & Black Radio: How Steve Harvey and Tom Joyner Capture Your Ears and Dollars” written by George Alexander. In the article Alexander points out the viability of Black radio in today’s market—despite the seemingly obvious challenges.As is the case with the approach to many of the problems Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-70757410042827760512008-08-16T07:20:00.000-07:002008-08-16T07:23:45.235-07:00Percy Miller Unveils New Cable NetworkLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Hip-hop entrepreneur Percy Miller, a.k.a. Master P, is launching a family-friendly cable network, Better Black Television.The network will provide "positive content for a black and brown culture," according to a company statement.BBTV, set to launch in 2009, will be a general entertainment channel running a wide range of scripted, unscripted and news programmingHip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-709928320356357932008-08-13T06:55:00.000-07:002008-08-13T06:57:51.377-07:00Questions as to Pace of Probe Into Inmate's DeathThe head of the Prince George's County chapter of the NAACP yesterday criticized what she said was a lack of progress in investigating the death in June of an inmate accused of killing a county police officer. "While this investigation is taking so long, people are losing the trust that they had in the county government, and it is a very big, heavy cloud not only on the correctional officers . . Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-35400343211955093742008-08-13T06:54:00.000-07:002008-08-13T06:55:16.819-07:00Southern Africa to Launch Free Trade ZoneJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Fourteen Southern African countries will formally launch a free trade zone at a summit on Saturday, South Africa said on Tuesday, hoping to boost the region's economic muscle.The Free Trade Area (FTA) will exempt 85 percent of trade from tariffs and the aim is to fully liberalise by 2012.South African Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa said while that was a Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-27971634855326959942008-08-13T06:53:00.000-07:002008-08-13T06:54:09.516-07:00Mbeki Leaves Zimbabwe without Power-Sharing DealHARARE (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki left Zimbabwe on Wednesday after failing to secure a power-sharing deal between its main rivals during marathon talks, adding to doubts over chances of an agreement. Mbeki brokered three days of negotiations between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on ending a post-election crisis that has worsened Zimbabwe's Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-81965033222805053022008-08-13T06:43:00.000-07:002008-08-13T06:52:30.230-07:00BET Premieres New Talk Show 'The Truth' With Jeff JohnsonThrough "THE TRUTH," BET Host and Political Correspondent Jeff Johnson Tackles Today's Top Stories and Delivers a Keen and Powerful Analysis of the Issues Facing the Black Community New York, NY (BlackNews.com) - In the weeks leading up to the Democratic Convention in August, when the first African American will accept the Democratic nomination for President of the United States of America, BET Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-27794563244094528092008-08-11T05:12:00.000-07:002008-08-11T05:16:15.186-07:00New Generation of Black Politicians Look to LeadBarack Obama's success reflects the rise of 'post-racial' black politicians who distance themselves from the old politics and civil rights of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. But many fear this new generation fails to understand the concerns of some black Americans, reports Paul Harris in NewarkCory Booker's message was clear. Unveiling a plaque to commemorate deadly race riots in his city 41 yearsHip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-55874817026599066462008-08-11T05:05:00.000-07:002008-08-11T05:06:29.237-07:00More Than 'Shaft': Hayes was Goldmine of InfluenceWith its riveting orchestration, definitive guitar play and signature sensual baritone vocals, Isaac Hayes' theme song for the 1971 movie "Shaft" not only became one of pop music's iconic songs, but also the defining work of Hayes' career.Yet the "Theme from Shaft," which would earn both Grammys and an Oscar, was just a snippet of the groundbreaking music for which Hayes — who died Sunday at age Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-17038027838446954432008-08-11T05:03:00.000-07:002008-08-11T05:05:05.796-07:0050 Year Anniversary of Drug Store Sit-In Celebrated50 years ago, a group of Wichita teenagers decided they wanted the same rights as everyone else. They staged a sit-in at the old Dockum Drug Store. It prompted similar movements across the country. Saturday those teenagers, now adults were recognized for their influence on the Civil Rights Movement."It's a blessing to be recognized. It's something I never dreamed of," sit-in participant Joyce Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-74563726183979158462008-08-11T04:58:00.000-07:002008-08-11T05:02:51.311-07:00Ethiopian Americans May Swing the Vote in VirginiaNew York (Tadias) - The U.S. State of Virginia, which is home to one of the largest Ethiopian American communities in the country, hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate in four decades, but some say it might turn blue come November.“I really believe for the first time in 44 years that we have a great chance of getting the electoral votes in a blue column for Sen. Obama this Fall,” Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-62532823658429647602008-08-09T09:38:00.001-07:002008-08-09T09:43:35.598-07:00Hip Hop Caucus: Connecting the Local to Global.The Hip Hop Caucus has always seen the Hip Hop Generation, those born after 1964, as representative of what we like to call the “Dream Generation,” or the generation Dr. King prophesized, in which all people regardless of race, economic level, religion, or sexual preference, stood together to stand for Justice and Peace. Throughout the world we find young people from diverse backgrounds who Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-11396348528727643792008-08-09T09:34:00.000-07:002008-08-09T09:37:07.737-07:00Actor and comedian Bernie Mac dies at age 50- Bernie Mac, the Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian who worked his way to Hollywood success from an impoverished upbringing on Chicago’s South Side, died Saturday at age 50.“Actor/comedian Bernie Mac passed away this morning from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital,” his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement from Los Angeles.She said no other details Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-56104867274790623182008-08-09T09:32:00.000-07:002008-08-09T09:34:48.927-07:00IT Needs More 'Brothers and Sisters'Technology is an international language, but looking around vendor conferences and IT events often shows one major group relatively underrepresented: the black IT professional. ComputerWorld Canada spoke to a variety of black members of the Canadian (and American) IT professional community in search of an answer as to why this is, and whether it's changing. All the interviewees love their jobs, Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-31450066781162603532008-08-09T09:28:00.000-07:002008-08-09T09:31:44.416-07:001908 Race Riot Led to NAACPCHICAGO - Two days of bloody race riots that shook Abraham Lincoln's hometown a century ago led to a critical development in the struggle for racial equality: the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. While racially motivated crimes were common in the South, the 1908 riots stood out because they happened in Springfield, Ill. -- a northern city and Lincoln's Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-81010487147625745432008-08-08T08:46:00.000-07:002008-08-08T08:49:55.969-07:00Black Conservatives Push for Expanded Energy ProductionAvery Palmer, CQ PoliticsThe launch of a new commission designed to engage African Americans on climate change has sparked a backlash from black conservatives.Niger Innis, co-chairman of the Alliance to Stop the War on the Poor, described the commission as “patronizing and insulting,” calling it “a sham effort by environmental extremists” that would raise energy costs for black Americans.The Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-55517143132932262852008-08-08T08:41:00.000-07:002008-08-08T08:45:28.544-07:00Census Bureau to Ramp up Partnerships with Ethnic MediaWhen it comes to under-20-year-olds, minorities are the majority in one in four American counties. That’s according to census figures released Thursday.Minorities might very well become the majority far earlier than 2050, as predicted by census demographers.This is why the U.S. Census Bureau – charged with counting America's population – has decided that the successful execution of that awesome Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-13998912064643803552008-08-08T08:40:00.000-07:002008-08-08T08:41:30.794-07:00Nigeria Overtakes Venezuela in Oil Exports to USWASHINGTON: Nigeria surpassed Venezuela as the fourth largest foreign supplier of crude oil to the United States for the first five months of 2008, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Crude oil imports from Nigeria averaged 1.05 million barrels per day from January to May, virtually unchanged from the same period last year. Nigeria accounted for 10.8 percent of all US importsHip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-439295559558963922008-08-08T08:37:00.001-07:002008-08-08T08:39:55.628-07:00Documents Outline US Actions to Block Funds to HaitiWASHINGTON, USA: The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights and Zamni Lasante has released internal US Treasury Department documents exposing politically motivated, behind-the-scenes interventions by the United States and other members of the international community to stop the dispersal of $146 million in loans that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved for Haiti. The Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-64965409429881195922008-08-08T08:37:00.000-07:002008-08-08T08:39:54.515-07:00Documents Outline US Actions to Block Funds to HaitiWASHINGTON, USA: The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights and Zamni Lasante has released internal US Treasury Department documents exposing politically motivated, behind-the-scenes interventions by the United States and other members of the international community to stop the dispersal of $146 million in loans that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved for Haiti. The Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-46633816814052691102008-08-07T05:52:00.000-07:002008-08-07T05:53:26.983-07:00FCC Hearing Broaches Media Ownership for MinoritiesWhen the FCC approved a controversial bid by Sirius Satellite Radio to acquire XM Satellite Radio for a reported $3.5 million in July, many in the broadcasting industry saw the approval as giving big media an advantage to form monopolies and shut out small minority-owned operations. At a hearing at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem after the merger was approved, the Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-69165391380501539662008-08-07T05:50:00.000-07:002008-08-07T05:51:50.304-07:00Back-to-School Father March Sends MessageEducation has become a matter of national security. Because we cannot control our schools, we cannot control our economy. And because we cannot control our economy, we cannot control and protect our quality of life in America,” says Phillip Jackson, executive director of The Black Star Project, U.S.A.The Black Star Project is sponsoring the Million Father March 2008 on the first day of school in Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-85521749832224930722008-08-07T05:47:00.000-07:002008-08-07T05:50:31.743-07:00South Africa Sees Good Progress in Zimbabwe TalksHARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's power-sharing talks are making good progress but no meeting has been set between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Mugabe's spokesman said on Thursday. Zimbabwean media had said earlier that the two were expected to hold their first meeting since agreeing to the talks last month, and that South African President Thabo Mbeki, chief Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231850929445588161.post-61421296928244800372008-08-07T05:46:00.000-07:002008-08-07T05:47:21.133-07:00Ohio Officer Acquitted in Killing of Unarmed Black WomanLIMA, Ohio - A white police officer was acquitted Monday in the drug-raid shooting death of an unarmed black woman that set off protests about how police treat minorities in a city where one in four residents is black.The all-white jury found Sgt. Joseph Chavalia not guilty of misdemeanor charges of negligent homicide and negligent assault. He had faced up to eight months in jail if convicted of Hip Hop Caucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834312743417855629noreply@blogger.com0