The face of a genocide abetter? ABC News reported on the Israeli Assault on Palestine-Gaza as if it were an evenly matched war, where ‘both sides are dug in and not backing down.’ The report covered Israeli bombing of neighborhooods and a Gazan powerplant, but said nothing of the nearly one thousand Palestinians killed, the

Twenty African Nations from Senegal to Ethiopia form the Pan-African Agency of the Great Green Wall to stem the southward spread of the Sahara. http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulrodgers/2014/07/20/africas-green-wall-to-block-terrorism/

Mapping the Future – UNCF Digital Humanities

Mapping the Future – UNCF Digital Humanities.

Mapping the Future UNCF Mellon Digital Humanities.

Atlanta’s Center for Civil and Human Rights.

Talib Kweli and the creative Dreambear Music team produce a beautiful and evocative video that challenges the Hip Hop community and industry. #SupportRealHipHop!!! http://www.zealous.co/#!project;order=featured;id=5706932698480640

As Canadian activists import water into the beleaguered city, Al-Jazeera questions United States human rights record in treatment of Black and Working poor people in Detroit. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/07/detroit-water-rights-201472291145350632.html

samoryba-teaching: “Tutajenga Ao?” Salaam Kivu Art Festival asks the crucial and timeless question, ‘What do we Stand for?’, Goma, DRC (via @emeka_okafor) #KivuRising