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Rosa Clemente speaks at the Student Union Theatre on Friday. Clemente was nominated as the Green Party's 2008 vice-presidential candidate at their national convention.

Daniel Finkelstein, the ex-editor of The Times wrote a piece on the eve of Obama's election about the key difference between Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, arguing that while Martin Luther King's non-violence moved mountains, Malcolm X's violent quest for segregation made him wholly ineffectual.

Atlanta rapper Ludacris is formally backing Senator Kasim Reed and the race to determine the city's new Mayor.

"I don't eat no meat, no dairy, no sweets only ripe vegetables, fresh fruit and whole wheat I'm from the old school, my household smell like soul food, bro curried falafel, barbecued tofu" - "Be Healthy," Dead Prez Bryant Terry 's Vegan Soul Kitchen fills a niche that's been long left empty: good, healthy vegan food rooted in traditional ...

Radio Interview on The Affluent Digital Dynasty and The State of The Music Industry Today October 13, 2009 New York Oscar Sanchez, President and CEO of Affluent Records is in the midst of putting out great records with his Affluent Records label from a diverse array of artists including Dead Prez, Outlawz, Hood Surgeon, Lords of the Underground, Do ...

Back in May, we told you about the greatness that is the weekly, Wednesday night, R.C. Williams-led Prophet Bar jam sessions , where local hip-hop and funk musicians gather to create beats on the fly, sometimes with the help of touring acts like Bun B and Raheem DeVaughn .

Los Angeles rapper Busdriver 's rack and pinion elocution corners like an Indy car, reaching speeds that would induce whiplash in his hip-hop peers.

Outside Lands, Shmoutside Lands. The hundreds of folks who came out to Yerba Buena Gardens to see dead prez and Mistah F.A.B. perform for free yesterday may have gotten a better deal than the tens of thousands who shelled out $90 to see M.I.A., Lucinda Williams, the Dead Weather, and Tenacious D. I'm not saying that just because - full disclosure - ...

Dead Prez is on a mission to convince the African-American community and hip hop heads everywhere that going green is going to make them money and help them live longer lives.

The flip side to that equation is Dave Wrangler 's recent mash, pairing Dead Prez with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; a mashup that sounds far closer to what one might expect from Matt & Kim.

Aug. 6, 2009 a ' Revolutionary rappers and eco-activists dead prez and community-oriented Oakland emcee Mistah F.A.B. have been confirmed as the featured acts for SF-based "green hip-hop" organization Grind For the Green's August 30th event, a free solar-powered outdoor concert at Yerba Buena Gardens.

Aug. 6, 2009 a ' Revolutionary rappers and eco-activists dead prez and community-oriented Oakland emcee Mistah F.A.B. have been confirmed as the featured acts for SF-based "green hip-hop" organization Grind For the Green's August 30th event, a free solar-powered outdoor concert at Yerba Buena Gardens.

With President Obama pushing to create millions of new "green-collar" jobs, being eco-conscious might not just be a good idea, it may become a lucrative one as well.

Castanets @ Central Park Summerstage They Might Be Giants play a free Celebrate Brooklyn show for kids at the Prospect Park Bandshell today.

Digiwaxx Media has collaborated with Solar One for the second consecutive year with its NYC Sustainability Festival taking place Friday June 10th through Sunday June 12th at Stuyvesant Cove Park located on 23rd Street and the FDR Service Road East in New York City.

Citysol 2009 The Bandshell at East River Park ; July 10-12 The three-day "urban sustainability" fest returns with an eclectic batch of performances, including hip-hop rebels Dead Prez, mix-tape vet D.J. Green Lantern, ramshackle local rockers like Fiasco and the So So Glos, and Rachel Trachtenberg of weirdo performance-art project the Trachtenberg ...

THE HOOD INTERNET Don't over-analyze The Hood Internet . The Chicago duo - Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell - aren't out to legitimize the art of the remix/mashup. They use their laptops to unite strange bedfellows like Grizzly Bear and Dead Prez in the spirit of pure and simple body moving.

June 24, 10:22 PM Comment RSS Dead Prez & DJ Green Lantern-- Pulse of the People M-1 and Stic.Man team up with DJ Green Lantern for Pulse of the People .

Chart Watch June 24, 2009 We're back with the weekly charts. This weeks charts are led by a trio hailing from the tri-state area that have taken the music world by storm.

DJ SAYEED / "DJ Sayeed Mixtape" Source: Breath of Life 03 DJ Sayeed Mixtape.mp3 Here's some music from a movement - sort of a renaissance of the old school: seventies soul filtered through eighties hip hop.