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Hurricane Katrina
Posted on October 6, 2010 - 10:19am — akadagathurOn August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and Mississippi. The storm devastated the region and its citizens. But its devastation did not reach across racial and class lines equally.

Everything But the Burden
Posted on December 1, 2008 - 3:43pm — kedamaiWhite kids from the 'burbs are throwing up gang signs. The 2001 Grammy winner for best rap artist was as white as rice. And blond-haired sorority sisters are sporting FUBU gear.

The Hip Hop tree
Posted on September 18, 2008 - 7:48pm — archive_staffCombining a rich blend of essays and poems by representatives from the fields of journalism, activism, theater, film, science, art, law and the spoken word, The Hip Hop Tree offers a provocative take on a contemporary social expression in need of a larger perspective.

Flyboy in the ButterMilk
Posted on September 18, 2008 - 7:48pm — archive_staffFrom Publishers Weekly This collection of 40 essays on music, literature, art and politics confirms Tate's role as a chief progenitor of a New Black Aesthetic, what Gates calls "a body of creativity unfettered by the constraints of a nationalist party line." Consistently interesting, often brilliant, Tate--a staff writer for the Village Voice --modulates funkadelic street argot with a fi