there's good news and there's bad news

Good:

1. history makers
2. Nas has some cuts off his upcoming album that remind me of the kind of inspiration Sam Cooke was during the civil rights movement (below are the "Hero" official video and a link to an mp3 stream of the song "Testify")



Nas - "Testify"

Bad:

1. how much does it cost you to sound black? (nytimes article, free registration required)
2. what a lot of white people think, but only few will actually speak on it (if the Obama video is no longer on the main page, do a site search for "Owner refuses to remove Obama sign" - this is the title of the video)