Why People Protest and Why I Don’t
It has been one hell of a week of demonstration, media, and protest. Death upon death has happened within our country and it seemed as…
Social Justice
Jesse Williams and Flowing White Tears
Jesse Williams received the Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards 2016. And he was rightfully awarded. Williams has dedicated himself to the plight of the…
MSNBC, Melissa Harris-Perry, & the Death of #Nerdland
If you are planning to watch the Melissa Harris-Perry Show on MSNBC this morning, you may be sorely disappointed. On yesterday Harris-Perry announced that after…
White Man From Town: The Reason You Aren’t Wanted Here
I understood what gentrification was long before I learned the definition in college. It didn’t take a loan from Sallie Mae for me to notice…
Aren’t America’s 1.6 Million Homeless Children The Future?
So… Time magazine awarded their “Person of the Year” title to “The Protestor.” How nice, though I would take anything they give with a grain…
#OccupyOakland: Davey D. Speaks On Oakland’s Occupy Movement
Long time Hip Hop historian, social activists, and host of Hard Knock Radio, my man Davey D, weighs in on the Occupy Oakland movement. In…
Excavating the Future: Pitting Private & Public Sector Workers Against Each Other
[Editor’s Note: This is a follow-up to my article on Wisconsin published by Subversify (click here).] A public union employee, a tea party activist, and a…
Single Black Mother Jailed for Sending Her Kids to “Better” School District [UPDATE]
(Updated: 01/25/11 @ 4:30PM) We often hear these crazy stories involving parents and children, and as is often the case, we walk away from such…
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly [Pt. II]: Democracy, Social Justice, & Conservatism
“We were taught… that man’s business on this earth was to look out for himself. That was the ethic of the jungle… Take care of…
No Independence Till We Get Freedom!: Picture us coolin’ out on the 4th of July
OK look, I’m fat, I’m black, and I live in Memphis; I can eat BBQ swine any day of the friggin year if I choose.…