Pop Culture Activist

I received an email from Maya Angelou two hours ago, with this subject line: Not just important – imperative . I think it's beautiful, a...

Full frontal is a coalition of independent artists and media folk promoting civic engagement. It is an independent, pro-equality movement ...

Yesterday, the White House honored 14 leaders in American Diaspora communities with roots in the Horn of Africa as Champions of Change. The...

Thanks to my friend Greg Palmer for sharing this speech with me today. Remarks given on December 6, 2011 at Palais des Nations, Geneva, Swit...

I was on the White House Call with Young Americans today, run by the White House outreach team. The team announced a new initiative - Betwe...

I missed part of yesterday's White House live stream with Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Ce...

I like everything that John Legend does, so naturally I'm a fan of this video: The NAACP has set up an online phone banking program so t...

At 4:50pm on Thursday evening I was sitting in the office building where I work, less than two miles from the site of the Giants v Rangers g...

On Oct 18 middle school and high school students from across the country brought their award-winning science fair projects to the White Hous...

Ah, my favorite story again:) Grabbed this from the OSU speech transcript : Look, this is the same theory they have been peddling for years....

Earlier this week I blogged about the Obama Youth Forum that took place today @ George Washington University. Just watched the archived foo...

Excerpt from this 2008 People Magazine piece: The 18-year-old country star waited in line in Sumner County, Tenn., for an hour and a half o...

Jack's 2008 Village Green @ UCSB. If you listen closely you'll hear someone speaking about voter registration in the background, at ...

A Conversation with Obama It'll be hour-long commercial-free program, live streaming from the Washington, DC event on MTV.com, BET.com, ...

This appeared on President Obama's Facebook wall this morning. I like that Obama referenced the young women in the room so many times du...

I just received this email from Michelle Obama. It went out to everyone who receives the Organizing for America emails. It inspired me to g...

I was streaming President Obama's Rally @ the University of Wisconsin live, yesterday, via the Barack Obama website. According to Rachel...

Ben Harper will appear with President Obama at the University of Wisconsin's Madison campus tomorrow (Tues) to encourage young people to...

John Legend covering "Wake Up Everybody", originally performed in the 1970's by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, with Teddy...