After hitting a low in 2012, Colombia's cultivation of coca, the base ingredient in cocaine, jumped 134% between 2013 and 2016, US officials said late last year. 2016 alone saw a 52% increase in the area under coca cultivation…

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Rachel Dolezal, the civil rights activist accused of lying about her race, has resigned from the NAACP chapter
in Spokane, Wash., where she served as president.

“It is a true honor to serve in the racial and social justice movement…Read more

Ahead of his "Rally 4 Peace" concert in Baltimore on Sunday (May 10), Prince has shared shared a moving
new tribute song to the city following the death of Freddie Gray.
 
The four-and-a-half-minute track was recorded in early May at…Read more

On Oscar night, one of the attendees catching everyone's eye wasn't even a nominee. It was
18-year-old Disney Channel actress Zendaya. And she wasn't even getting attention for her
dress but for how she styled her hair in dreadlocks.Something E!…Read more

The Obama administration says new rules to significantly loosen the U.S. trade embargo
against Cuba and open up the communist island to greater American travel will go into
effect Jan 16. They are the next step in President Barack Obama's…Read more

Federal prosecutors plan to sue New York City over widespread civil rights violations
in the handling of adolescent inmates at Rikers Island, making clear their dissatisfaction
with the city’s progress in reining in brutality by guards and improving conditions at…Read more

It is an embarrassing moment for any diner going to pay and having your credit card declined.
But this is the fate that met President Barack Obama during a recent meal at a New York restaurant.
Speaking at a finance…Read more

Ferguson, Missouri, has seen a surge in voter registration since a white police officer fatally
shot black teenager Michael Brown in early August, USA Today reported. Of the 4,839 people
in St. Louis County who have registered to vote since…Read more

Turning up the heat on subway perverts, the MTA will put surveillance cameras in hundreds of 
new train cars expected to be ordered in a few years. The MTA for the first time committed to
the security move in a…Read more

British cops have been busted for blasting out classic hip-hop track "Sound of Da Police"
as they drove their patrol car down a shopping street. Bosses disciplined two officers
after hilarious footage of their late-night antics in Chelmsford, Essex, were…Read more

Big brother may be watching and listening more closely than ever as the NYPD
considers using drones and other gizmos to fight crime in the city. Police Commissioner
Bill Bratton said the unmanned machines equipped with cameras and tiny microphones…Read more

The NBA‘s all-time scoring leader, Kareem Adbud-Jabbar has a documentary about
his life in production. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the LA hoops legend won multiple championships
with the Lakers and UCLA Bruins en route to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Aside from…Read more

Banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling says Magic Johnson isn't a good role
model for the children of Los Angeles, making the comment to CNN in the same interview
where he also asks for forgiveness for the racist comments…Read more

California lawmakers made a move this week toward reforming a drug policy that has been
widely criticized for unfairly punishing black people. The California Fair Sentencing Act, which
passed the state Senate’s Public Safety Committee by a vote of 4-2…Read more

In the wake of a January report on the dismal jobs landscape for young black males in Chicago —
92 percent are jobless — the Urban League teamed with actor/rapper Common and songwriter Che
“Rhymefest” Smith in an effort to…Read more

Former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to spend $50 million this year building an anti-gun-
violence organization that he hopes will ultimately outmuscle the NRA. The Bloomberg LP founder
intends to establish a nationwide grass-roots network designed to motivate voters…Read more

 “Why is everyone so afraid of black men?”  In her new documentary, “Afraid of Dark”,
filmmaker Mya B. attempts to answer this question.  In examining two of the most prevalent
stereotypes about the black man as the brute and as…Read more

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) ispartnering
with New Regency, Penguin Books, and the filmmakers to
distribute copies of the acclaimed film, book, and study guide
12 Years a Slave to America’s public high schools. The initiative,
coordinated by Montel…Read more

The excellent piece below that put in perspective the views of many on website World Star Hip Hop 
on all sides was brought to you by: Activist, Writer, Social commentator, public theologian;
Rahiel Tesfamariam who gives a fitting conclusion if…Read more

Abigail Disney, the filmmaker/social activist grandniece of Walt Disney, has weighed in on
Meryl Streep's scathing criticism of the  animation legend, revealing that she has "mixed feelings"
but ultimately "loved" the actress' remarks. On Jan. 7, Streep set off controversy…Read more

December is a month full of inspiration to #RaiseYourWeapons. On December 1, 1955
Rosa Parks was arrested and on December 6, 1865 the 13th amendment was ratified.
We saw a Civil Rights Icon, Nelson Mandela, pass. In his honor, we…Read more

Found this excellent candid piece from one of the OG's in the business, Mr. Bill Duke
who recently received a Lifetime Achievement Tribute from the Directors Guild of
America. Thermal Soundwaves reached out to Mr. Duke and his company Duke …Read more

The Radio Boys (C.Truth, Kev Lawrence) were joined by filmmaker Stacey
Muhammad who filled us in on her latest endeavors. Stacey's latest effort
is "For Colored Boys" starring Rob Morgan, Julito McCullum, and Lauren
Hooper. She spoke on what inspired…Read more