Almost 20 years after the start of his career, producer/composer/MC El-P is getting his due — again. He performs tonight at Grand Central in downtown Miami as part of a national tour with Killer Mike that’s not really a comeback, but almost as triumphant-seeming. It’s been five years since his last, excellent studio album, I’ll [...]
Remember, a few months back, when we were all nervously ROFLing about Rick Santorum? Sure, we were scared shitless. After all, Santorum said that abortion should not be permitted in cases of rape or incest. Instead, he told sexual assault victims to “make the best out of a bad situation” and called rape babies a [...]
Because Cuba is tiny, Fidel Castro has never racked up the body count of the 20th century’s other dictators, despots, and strongmen. But he still might be eviler than they. For neither Hitler, nor Stalin, nor Mao, nor Kim Jong Un, nor Pol Pot, nor Charles Taylor, nor any of the rest possessed the power [...]
You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
Venezuela has been in the media lately: following the death of Hugo Chávez, his chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, beat challenger Henrique Capriles in the current election for presidency. It was a miniscule margin of a win—about 50.7%–and as of this write-up, a contested verdict. But if you’re the average United Statesian, you are less aware [...]
