The Bigger Than Hip Hop channel is Loud News Net’s battleground to fight the power. Here you’ll find the latest from our contributors on topics related to social issues, justice reform, the prison industrial complex, the war on drugs, dismantling systemic racism, gender inequality, corruption, and more.
As I sit here on July 4, 2020 I’m not feeling it. It’s just another Saturday in my book. We could have invited our friends and family over to responsibly celebrate this day in the era of the novel Coronavirus, but why? What’s there to celebrate when not only are our black and brown people…
Heroin use has gotten rural, and whiter after authorities leaned hard to cut down on prescription opiates making their way to the streets. In no place has this rung more true than Ulster County. Woodstock, NY has a history it can’t escape. Forty-seven years after the last tab of brown acid was consumed in Bethel, this…
Yesterday I woke to my coffee and had a premonition: “I don’t want to open the news today.” It was one thing, wasn’t it, when social media was just noodle lunches and puppies, and the day’s news didn’t threaten to devastate. I had a rare, pleasant evening, and didn’t want to break the spell. But…
When recreational use of cannabis became legal in Colorado in 2014 it was common to hear the phrase “We’re not just a new business, we’re a new way of doing business”. It was all blue-sky optimism about the business culture cannabis companies would create. In 2021 how has gender diversity figured into the development of…
First, let me start by saying there is no reason for you to listen to what I have to say. The movement of change is well underway with protests all around the country on a continuous basis. There are great leaders in every city who have organized and mobilized people to speak and march against…
A few weeks ago our writer Croix Clayton caught up with Minneapolis blogger, podcaster, and DIY chef, Mecca Bos for some summer cooking playlist suggestions. The world has since changed with murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. After weeks of protests much change is still needed, and Loud News Net will use our platform…
The Boondocks is one of the most revolutionary shows of my generation. It first aired in November 2005 and ran through June 2014. The show’s creator Aaron McGruder addressed race issues head-on and perhaps like no other show before it. The adventures of domestic terrorist Huey Freeman, his brother Riley, and Grandpa led to some…
Welcome to Loud News Net’s weekly feature of graffiti and street art. This week we have changed the name a little from Volume 1, which you can read here. We hope it helps us incorporate all kind of street art into this series. As always, if you want to submit any photos for consideration please…
The DEA increases power, yet again. The agency requested and has been permitted to investigate and police people involved in ongoing protests regarding the murder of George Floyd. In a concerning report from BuzzFeed News, the DEA now has the power to investigate nationwide protesters involved in the rallies and demonstrations over the murder of…
The murder of George Floyd causes us to bring into question police brutality, as well as other major issues with law enforcement – such as the harms of civil asset forfeiture. What is it, and how harmful is it? The answers may surprise you. What is Civil Asset Forfeiture? Put simply, civil asset forfeiture allows…
