Culture Currents

For me theater is like church – it’s a space where all kinds of people can gather in the flesh and process what it means to be human together through live actors.

A candid conversation on the potency of hip hop on youth

Fantastic Negrito, having gone through many stages and names throughout his career, has understood the struggle one must go through to walk on the other side freer – more true to your being and the story you wish to tell.

Numskull of the Luniz gets candid in this interview!

The WAA REEM concept, which means in Burkina Faso-West African language “Come and have fun or come enjoy the vibe,” is an idea born in 2013 in Africa

Come out and celebrate the achievements of Black Media makers

Jamal Hart, Mumia’s grandson, has kept up the fight to bring his grandfather home.

“7 minutes In Heaven” was a cinematic masterpiece that I would watch again.

If I was going to bring the Panthers in AR, it would be on a Black-owned platform created by me.

It’s difficult, more than a half century later, to compare the energy in the stadium before and after Smith’s and Carlos’s fist raising

we wanted to ensure that our community had a stake and place to call home in this rapidly changing area of Oakland. 

Rap veteran Big Toine talks about changing hip hop landscape

From Ghetto to Goddess is the movement.

 “The Great Escape” album has a cinematic style to it like a soundtrack to a 007 espionage movie.

Cuba was initially placed on the list of state sponsors of terrorism during the Reagan administration in 1982 because of its support for anti-colonial struggles around the world, most notably in Africa.

The men's season for Bats Up Guns Down is set to begin on March 26th, 2023, weather permitting. The first tournament event will be held on April 8th, 2023, which will be an Autism Awareness and Pre-Easter Celebration for kids.

Con B lights it up with power and respect.

Rosie the Riveter Trust celebrates in respect and honor the 100th birthday and contributions to community and planet of icon and can do woman, Betty Reid Soskin.

At Dr. King’s funeral, Stevie Wonder learned of John Conyers’ bill to make his birthday a national holiday. To overcome the resistance of conservative politicians, Wonder put his career on hold, led rallies from coast to coast and galvanized millions of Americans with his passion and integrity. But it took 15 years.

What would MLK think about our fractured and divisive country and world of today? He would be shocked by so many unhoused, hungry, suffering people, mass incarceration, children in cages, extreme poverty, the climate crisis, and trillions spent on the Pentagon, ongoing wars and now, nukes in space (Space Force), a new war for oil looming, and extreme income inequality. He would be upset by the lying fascists running and ruining our country.