When it comes to superhero fiction, there are certain iconic archetypes; Superman is the iconic whitebread hero, Batman the iconic OCD loner. But did you realize that Iron Man's James Rhodes is the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Check out our new video Robert King & Terry Kupers filmed in Oakland, CA in October 2009. This is just the first part, so please stay tuned for more, and if you can please help spread the word about our new video series which spotlights the issues central to the story of the Angola 3, like racism, repression, prisons, human rights, solitary confinement as torture, and more.
James O'Keefe on the latest ACORN video released by himself and Hannah Giles: Lavelle Stewart, of ACORN in South Central Los Angeles, tells us she thinks we have to hook up with "someone who's on that international sex business level,"...
Two senior House Republicans want the Justice Department to make public any reports or statements given to internal investigators by the career department lawyers who brought a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party (NBPP) that later was dismissed by President Obama's political appointees. Reps. Lamar Smith of Texas, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Frank R. Wolf of...
An event last night in South Quad brought stories of police brutality against people of color to University students. Cleo Silvers, an ex-Black Panther and civil rights activist, spoke at an event sponsored by the Michigan Student Assembly Peace and Justice Commission, MSA Minority Affairs Commission, the NAACP and South Quad Minority Peer Advisors.
Ever since Rachel McAdams laughed off the rumors that she would be cast as Black Cat in Spider-Man 4, the role has become one of the hottest topics around. McAdams never auditioned or met with producers about it, but Romola Garai did. I like Garai (the grown-up Saoirse Ronan in Atonement), but there’s not a [...] Related posts: Maguire and Raimi Back for Spider-Man 4 and 5!? It’s Official:...
Participants in the demonstration at the federal building in downtown Detroit on November 5, 2009. The action was called by MECAWI to protest the assassination of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah on October 28 by the FBI. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos For Immediate Release Media Advisory Event: Protest the ALPACT Dinner With U.S. Atty. Gen. Holder & the FBI Date: Thursday,...
NOLA #1 CBR feature on NOLA advance review @ Comics Bulletin HuffPo article from earlier this year about post-Katrina New Orleans This new comic set in the Big Easy is a revenge thriller. ————————————————— Also this week: Azrael #2 Black Lightning Year One TP War Machine #11 Gold Digger #112, GD Tech...
A black panther known to have been roaming a forest in southern Belgium for several weeks has been spotted near the town of Malmedy, the RTBF channel reported.
The New Black Panther Party catapulted itself to national attention during the November 2008 presidential election when two of its members, one brandishing a nightstick, were captured on videotape intimidating voters at a Philadelphia polling place. But the original Black Panther Party, which famously advocated black power and preached self-defense through confrontation in the 1960s and 1970s, is not...
This looks like a REALLY cool project: " Trailer for independent documentary film on Japanese American Richard Aoki, who was a Field Marshall in the Black Panther Party in Oakland, CA. " Unfortunately I didn't post this in time to help pub the premiere this past Thursday. I know there's probably gonna be some conservatives, especially Michelle Malkin , who will be up in arms when they get...
Panicky retailers began holiday shopping promotions more than a month before Black Friday this year, and online retailers are meeting and beating Black Friday in-store retail prices. The headlines say it all: "Wal-Mart and Its Rivals Have Left Black Friday Behind"; "Retailers Are Making ‘Black Friday’ A Month-Long Effort"; "Black Friday 2009 Has Begun and [...]...
Misc: The Stephenie Meyer Comic Book: So Much Worse Than 'Twilight' EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Palin as 'Blunder Woman' in MAD Magazine DEAR DC: Please Give Us Batwoman Posters by J.H. Williams III Another Take on Getting Women to Read Comics: Getting Men to Read Manga 2009 Lulu Award Winners I Need a Heroine Romance Comics, and FEMINISM My Love #10 - No Man Is My Master! Guest Post: Misfits and rape culture...