You've Got Experience - Mine's Black - And That's Weird

Months After an Assassination Attempt, a Bangladeshi Atheist Blogger is Still Speaking Out

The Dark Side of "I Have a Dream": The FBI's War on Martin Luther King

"I came up with Ruckus before the Tea Party, and before Herman Cain. But in the post-Obama era, half the country became Uncle Ruckus. The world is more polarized and extreme. Ruckus embodies that. I remember watching CNN when Herman Cain was the frontrunner for the Republican party, and they did a segment on whether Herman Cain was Uncle Ruckus. [Ed. note: This segment is no longer available online.] They brought in an expert and had pictures of them side by side... I couldn’t believe what I was watching. When Ruckus was first introduced, he felt like a funny, fringe character. He was bizarre and really extreme. Now, he feels like he represents a lot of right wing ideology. It’s crazy, but the times caught up to him."

Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity

"Police said Vincent Bright is religious and took the body in hopes his father would be resurrected."