Friday, November 11, 2016

The Death of Innocence

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We are standing on a precipice, contemplating our mortality, foot raised to take the next step and hoping it will not come down on a lan...
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Sunday, October 30, 2016

Rest in Power, Alton Sterling

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Original art by Raymond Marmillion of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Posted by permission.
Saturday, October 15, 2016

No Shackles Radio Tonight!

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Saturday, October 08, 2016

"Color of Reality"

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Movement artists Jon Boogz and Lil Buck collaborated on this piece with artist Alexa Meade to produce a lament for Black America. Th...
Saturday, October 01, 2016

Russell Rickford: "The Fallacies of Neoliberal Protest"

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One of the organizers of Cornell BSU's Black Lives Matter rally on 9/23/16 (Credit: Julia Cole Photography)   This post is an a...
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Saturday, September 24, 2016

What Racism Has To Do With The Cost of College

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A few days ago, I posted a video of a young Black woman expressing her frustration with how Black college students are often viewed, eve...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Kai Davis: Fuck I Look Like?

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I came to Louisiana for a nine-month temporary gig in August of 2007. So, by the time I finish this school year, I will have taught here f...
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Sunday, September 18, 2016

In Memoriam -- While The Fight Goes On

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  On September 9th, 1971, the prisoners at the Attica "Correctional" Facility near Buffalo, New York, went down in history when...
Sunday, July 24, 2016

Pete O'Neal: A Panther in Africa

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For the last few months, my posts on this blog have focused primarily on the criminal injustice system in the United States and how it f...
Friday, July 15, 2016

Can A Nation Divided Against Itself Stand?

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I was recently criticized for “rushing to judgment” against cops in general by calling Alton Sterling’s death “untimely and wrongful” and...
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Wednesday, July 06, 2016

So What Are We To Do?

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I'm launching my book on race Saturday. The press release appeared in the daily newspaper last Sunday and the flyer is making the ro...
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Monday, July 04, 2016

Jamilah King: 7 Ways Black People Still Aren't Free in America

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This essay was originally published on mic.com "What to the slave is the 4th of July?" That's the question Frederic...
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Saturday, July 02, 2016

Who Are The Real Criminals In The Criminal Injustice System?

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In a country that was founded on the principles of capitalism, we are not confused that the bottom line is invariably going to be short ...
Saturday, May 07, 2016

Dixon D. White: Donald Trump and Jim Crow 2.0

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I realize this video isn't on the criminal "justice" system per se, but I just thought I needed to post it because, when pu...
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Sunday, May 01, 2016

Conway & Lutalo on Violence and Counter-Violence

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Focusing on how White Supremacy as a system uses "law enforcement" to brutalize -- or even kill -- those who resist its power ca...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Angola 3 Member Albert Woodfox Freed!

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Oh, what a long and winding road it has been for Albert Woodfox. Journalists all over the world are busily crafting magnum opus style ac...
Sunday, April 17, 2016

Beyond A Shadow Of A Doubt

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On March 24th, Daily Kos published the following article by Shaun King  on the shockingly high rate of people who leave prison in the U...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

Frontline: Law and Disorder in New Orleans

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On September 2, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, former New Orleans Police Officer David Warren shot Henry Glover, a 31-year-o...
Monday, April 11, 2016

More Police On Policing

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The last couple of posts have featured former police officers who have come forward as individuals to describe policing practices and pol...
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Friday, April 08, 2016

Reddit Hudson: A Black Ex-Cop Weighs In

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I'm a Black Ex-Cop, and This Is The Truth About Race and Policing by Redditt Hudson on May 28, 2015 Re-posted from the original ...
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