Hassan Abbas

Weekly Round Up! Watergate and the World Series

"The Muslim Guy", Arsalan Iftikhar, Bruce Campbell, Enrique Morones, Hassan Abbas, Kate Clinton, Kathleen Hanna, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ntozake Shange, Richard Rodriguez, Sonia Shah, Steve Brodner, Weekly Roundup / By

Enrique Morones goes to Hollywood!  In Detained in the Desert, Morones portrays Enrique Martinez, a character hybridizing the late human rights activist Roberto Martinez and Morones himself.  “They wanted to make it as realistic as possible and George Clooney wasn’t available,” he cracks.  It premiered at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, and we wish all …

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Weekly Round Up! Campaign Contributions and the Divine Random Bounce of the Prolate Spheroid.

Ainissa Ramirez, Charles Johnson, David Quammen, Hassan Abbas, Jessica Valenti, Jon Leiberman, Michael Tubbs, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Rodriguez, Safe Cosmetics, Spencer Overton, Stacy Malkan, Weekly Roundup / By

National Book Award winning author Charles Johnson, in collaboration with his daughter, has released the first in a series of children’s science books aimed at 3rd-5th graders, which is distinct in featuring African Americans as main characters.  Illustrated by Charles Johnson himself, the Adventures of Emery Jones: Boy Wonder explores what it’s like to be …

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