Excellent Media Sources for Understanding the Current Middle East Conflict
If you want to educate yourself on Middle Eastern politics and history, here are some great sources without reading hundreds of books.
Palestinian Advocates Are Not Pro-Hamas – A Brief Historic Resource Guide
The reason many people overlook Hamas is because it is a symptom of the problem, not the root source, and advocates wishing for humanitarian rights for the people in Gaza want the problem addressed.
Five Years After BBQ Becky – What Media Has Consistently Gotten Wrong
Five years after “BBQ Becky” was dubbed into meme infamy, the story has become a hero myth, losing...
Tupac Shakur, the Modern Day Makeveli Prince
What We Can Learn from Dear Mama Docuseries on Tupac and Afeni Shakur’s Legacies, The Black Panthers, and Niccolò Machiavelli's book “The Prince.”
New California Bill Requires Additional Vaccine for 8th Grade Youth
California Bill AB659 Would Require HPV Vaccination in Children Before 8th Grade. How Affective is the HPV Vaccine?
A new law may be passed in California requiring children ages 11 to 13 to be vaccinated against a prevalent sexually transmitted disease that can cause a high risk of cancer later in life.
Populism, Nationalism, and Capitalism, it’s not just for White People
(originally posted on DopeEraMagazine.com 11/21/2016) Updated October 29, 2022 After Kanye West, Tila Tequila, and a few other...
QAnons Extreme Appeal and Social Media Pipeline Explained
In depth QAnon research and explanation how extremism is cultivated online.
Breaking Chains for Change – One Family’s Fellowship to Empower Communities
Frank Smith was once a man of the streets of Oakland. He had a reputation as "Frank the Bank," but he turned into "Frank the Blessed" when he dedicated his life to his faith, his wife, and his children.
Art Blooms in Oakland After Chaotic Protest Nights End
If silence is violence, the residents of Oakland have an answer for that; art. Throughout Saturday artists of all ages and ethnicities took their paint, paintbrushes and spray paint to claim boarded windows in Downtown Oakland as forms of beautiful expression.
George Floyd Protest in Oakland Reflects Conflicting Intensions
Friday night's Oakland protest of the killing of George Floyd by Minnesota police had a different—pent energy—than any other protest I've ever been to.
