This weekend, on the 47th anniversary of the March on Washington, the right wing talk show host Glenn Beck will lead a rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Right! The same place where Rev. Martin Luther King delivered his landmark “I Have a Dream” speech. Beck says the purpose of the rally is [...]
The furor over the building of a community center in Lower Manhattan has been leading news reports for the past week. Never mind that the proposed building is not a Mosque… it’s an Islamic cultural center which, although it would include a mosque for prayer, it would be 15 stories tall with a swimming pool, [...]
Is it the duty of those who love freedom to protest all forms of injustice? Not only injustice against oneself, but all injustice. If people see injustice, yet, say nothing, do not speak out against it, isn’t that like giving ones approval for it? To protest injustice is not limited to merely speaking against it, [...]
Like Busboys and Poets, Taharka Brothers understand that food is a social product that brings people together. This cutting edge social enterprise that began as a non-profit employs formerly incarcerated African-American men to make ice cream together with the goal of gaining entrepreneurial training to influence others in the community. Busboys and Poets is proud [...]
No one expects this campaign to be fought lightly so we made some strong and bold drinks in the spirit of election season. Strongly leaning toward a candidate? Exercise your loyalties by ordering the cocktail named and prepared after your favorite Mayorial candidate. Still Undecided? Allow yourself to be swayed by your preferred drink. The [...]
We hear words and phrases like this in our daily news reports and yet, many of us are desensitized to their true meaning. During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. By executive order of President Harry [...]
Five years ago, Andy Shallal created a company with a mission committed to ethical business practices and social justice. Since it’s opening in 2005, Busboys and Poets has made initiatives to use fair-trade and green products. As a member of Think Local First DC, it has been actively supporting local organizations and businesses, such as [...]
There are a lot of misconceptions about Hip Hop. Like many music forms before it, Hip Hop has been much maligned. Like anything there is good and not-so-good hip hop. Busboys and Poets is proud to be associated with the best of DC’s hip hop culture. From time to time – in this space—we [...]
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