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The cast of The West Wing reunites in this political ad for Michigan Supreme Court candidate Bridget Mary McCormack.     Video Source: Bridget Mary McCormack on YouTube Featured Image Source: Michigan Radio

Prosecute the killer of our son, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin   By: Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton On February 26, our son Trayvon Martin was shot and killed as he walked to a family member’s home from a convenience store where he had just bought some candy. He was only 17 years-old. Trayvon’s killer, George Zimmerman, admitted to police that he shot Trayvon in the chest. Zimmerman, the community’s self appointed…

Mr. Holt: I am a life-long supporter of the San Antonio Spurs and have been a frequent attender of Spurs games at each the AT&T Center, the Alamodome, and Hemisfair Arena. One way or another, I try desperately to never miss a game. I have been in attendance at many wonderful moments in Spurs history, but I experience the vast majority of the team’s games through the organization’s media outlets…

The Definitely Not Coordinating with Stephen Colbert Super Pac is Making a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow!     Video Source: whatyoumustknow on YouTube Featured Image Source: Random Nerds

theLeftAhead contributor Daniel Watts launched a new web venture yesterday. Regular readers of this blog know that theLeftAhead regularly features underground poltical music and that theLeftAhead has extensively discussed and particpated in the Occupy movement. ROCCUPY.FM is a venture that we believe regular readers of theLeftAhead will enthusiastically support. We are proud to present to our readers the newest web venture in the M7 family tree… ROCCUPY.FM is a fusion…

One of the best ways to change the world is to create tools that allow so many others increased opportunity to also change the world.

Today is the 15th anniversary of Tupac Shakur’s death. I’ve spent a few moments today reflecting on my memories of the day he died. I was a senior in high school and I remember my friend Orlando came into Autocad class and told me the news. Pac had been shot a week earlier in Las Vegas and since he had survived for several days I assumed he would pull through….

Exsqueeze me? A Baking Powder? Editor’s Note: Move Quote Freestyle is an online blogging game invented by Jennifer Hooker. The game is fairly simple. A player opens up a dialogue by posting a movie quote. Next, anyone else who is interested in engaging the first player in a “cypher” responds by commenting on the original post with another movie quote that plays off of the first one. This continues for…

I used to write on paper because it was heroic. Poetry, lyrics, even passages for novels. I had three or four journals that I lugged around like trophies. Better yet, artifacts from a waning era that few still appreciated. I know that I appreciated it when I witnessed others writing on paper. It was a communal demonstration of the sacred. I couldn’t stand when aspiring novelists assended upon the coffee…