Last Tuesday, as part of what organizers are calling the start of the Hip-Hop Power Movement, tens of thousands of young people converged on City Hall in a mobilization for education, a collaboration between music mogul Russell Simmons's Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN), the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), and the alliance for Quality Education (AQE). The event, to protest over a billion dollars in education cuts, was the largest protest action since Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been in City Hall—a fact that has been overshadowed by the criticism, misinformation, and... More >>>