By Talia Whyte
The Bay State Banner
During a panel discussion on prison health care held last Thursday at the John Adams Courthouse in Pemberton Square, human rights advocates made a case for why improving the medical conditions for those who are incarcerated can also improve the health and well-being of those outside prison walls.
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By Talia Whyte
The Bay State Banner
As the United States has grown more religiously diverse over the years, Islamic culture has become a larger part of the American fabric. Now it even has a connection to the Oval Office. Though President Barack Obama was raised as a Christian by his Kansan mother, his father was a Muslim of Kenyan descent…
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To help paint a fuller picture, the Boston Muslim Interfaith Council of the American Islamic Congress (AIC) — an international nonprofit advocacy organization with offices in Boston, Washington, Egypt and Iraq — is hosting a series of public forums called “Diversity in the Muslim World: Between Pluralism & Division” this week and next to explore different aspects of Muslim life rarely seen in American popular culture.
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By Talia Whyte
The Bay State Banner
Veteran political journalist and Boston media alum Gwen Ifill was in town last Thursday to receive the 2009 Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award, presented by the Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University. The award is given out each year to individuals and organizations that promote the right to free expression.
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By Talia Whyte
The Bay State Banner
Paul Breeden feels the touch of the divine in every bar he spits, in every stab of a scratch needle on wax, in every boom-bap bass burst. They always say God moves in mysterious ways, but there’s no mystery here: For him, hip-hop is church.
Under the moniker of MC Holy Ghost, Breeden has spent the last 20 years throwing down lyrics inspired, he said, by a higher being.
“I don’t call myself Holy Ghost; God gave me that name,” he said. “We all have the Holy Ghost in us, and through that, I believe no one can diss me.”
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