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Rap Music and Rebellion: From Highschool Detention to the Grammys

Saida Dahir
April 27, 2022
Black Culture, Columns and Opinions, Opinion
A rapper's biggest enemy is their K-12 teachers— or so many rap songs like to portray.  From Biggie’s “to all the teachers that told me I'd never amount to nothin'” and Juice Wrld’s “I remember ...

An open letter to Obama: Check yo’ self

Natalie Silver
November 4, 2016
Blog, Columns and Opinions
I do not have a shrine in my room. But is my wall -- plastered with a poster of the much younger, much hotter, and much more stoned version of this nation’s president -- a place of casual worship? Absolute...

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