By the Time I Get to Arizona
So, what the fuck is up with Arizona? Wasn’t the Martin Luther King Day fiasco enough for them? Do they...
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The Word Pimp
Fernando Quijano III is the former President of the Maryland Writers Association, Baltimore Chapter. His work has been featured in Welter, Smile Hon, You’re in Baltimore & the poetry anthology, Life in Me Like Grass on Fire. An excerpt from his unpublished novel, Forever, Lilith was included in the Apprentice House anthology Freshly Squeezed. He has been featured at the Baltimore Book Festival, Stoop Storytelling, & The Signal on WYPR, Baltimore's local NPR station. In his spare time, Fernando volunteers to lead workshops for Writing Outside the Fence, a program for the ex-offender community, as well as at the Brock Bridge Correctional Facility. Fernando was recently awarded a B grant for his writing by the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund.
Reefer Madness
On Election Day, 2010, Californians will get the chance to vote on whether or not to essentially legalize marijuana for...
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I’ve never hidden my disdain for the so-called War on Drugs. It was as wrong-headed a move as sending soldiers...
Read moreStacking the Deck
Who is Kat Stacks? To be honest, I’d never even heard the name until it floated into my Twittersphere last...
Read moreMuch Badu About Nothing
Some folx are feeling Erykah Badu has done some badubious stuff in shooting and releasing her video for her latest...
Read moreSpics Finally Urban
The National Urban League (NUL), the oldest civil rights group in the nation, released its annual State of Black America...
Read moreRepublicans into Bondage?
Jonathan Strong of the Daily Caller heated up the blogosphere recently with his investigation into how Michael Steele, the first...
Read moreIs Congress on Crack?
The U.S. Senate finally passed a bill that reduces the punishment for crack cocaine. For the unaware, in 1987, during...
Read moreDon’t Call it a Comeback!
It’s official. Tiger Woods has finally mastered his Lil Tiger and will make his return to professional golf at The...
Read moreWho Watches the Watchmen?
With the advent of cruiser cams, law enforcement in the U.S. has already been leaning toward more transparency and accountability...
Read moreDiary of a Pimpy Kid
Let me begin by stating that I’m honored to be the new kid on the block here at The Urban...
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