It’s no secret that the black church is more outspoken than say, my regular Sunday Catholic church service. I suppose we should give credit to the Rev. Wright controversy for that heightened realization (although I gather most people presumed this long before that YouTube clip hit every media outlet this side of the Milky Way).
But church sermons aren’t the only part of the service adopting that sort of rhythm and bluntness. Church music is increasingly taking on hip-hop beats to spread the word of the gospel. I spent several weeks with the young people at Crenshaw Christian Center in South-Central Los Angeles and documented their efforts at the unlikely combination of rap music and God in the video below.
Newsflash: taxpayer dollars and government resources hard at work squandering political capital in the Middle East. Ho hum.
Digging back into the past can be scary, but it can also be a massive relief when you look at how far you’ve come.
As a television series attempts to change Arabs’ perception of the US, young Arabs still harbor a skepticism of America and its relationship with Israel.
Kermit was WRONG!…sort of. It’s easy(er) to be green, just let The Do Lab show you where to set the bar and how to clear it.
You can watch it on TV. You can even do it. But don’t think about it. And whatever you do, please don’t talk about it!
Taking one polaroid a day is all Jamie Livingston did for the last 18 years of his life. Think you could pull it off?
If you got something to say but no one wants to listen, just find a wall, grab some spray paint, and Bomb It.
Your browser is hungry. Hungry for some organizational lovin. (RSS) Feed it, Seymour.
It’s not as easy as a-b-c to secure your wireless network, but hacking it is. Check out a chunk of virtual peace-of-mind…
How badly do you want him to want you? Her to want you? Check out “I Want You to Want Me” to see if there’s an answer to your plight…
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