It’s not hard to be a Monday morning activist. In fact, it’s quite natural for folks to look back at the past that other people participated in and convince themselves that they would’ve done different. No one cares to be… Read More ›
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Here Comes The Freedom Winter: The Failure of Truth to Keep Black Men Breathing
Because that’s what the job is for. To keep a little freedom bubble From rising to the surface And spreading Everywhere Pop Pop So the job of a cop Is to stop Stop Stop Those words are 50 years old…. Read More ›
Let Them Drink Pop: Detroit’s Water Crisis & The Fight For Basic Human Rights in The Motor City
During the Super Bowl earlier this year, Chrysler unveiled the latest iteration of the “Imported From Detroit” advertising campaign that has been such a key part of their rebranding efforts in the wake of their filing for bankruptcy in 2009…. Read More ›
We Are Our Mountain’s Keeper: The Fight for the Soil & Soul of Appalachia
West Virginia is no country for young men. Nor is it a country for old men, brown men, poor men or women. West Virginia is a country for rich men; men with no names and no faces who live far… Read More ›
Day 19: No Justice, No Peace in LA
This Saturday, the National Action Network organized over 100 rallies in as many cities to protest the unconscionable inaction of the State of Florida in allowing George Zimmerman to shoot an unarmed black teenager to death and receive no censure… Read More ›
Keep The Promise 2012: Marching With Wyclef
Wyclef Jean to Perform at the Keep The Promise 2012 March on Washington for HIV/AIDS. When I think of Wyclef Jean, the first celebrity that comes to mind for comparison is…Paul Newman. Stay with me here. I realize that one… Read More ›