Saturday, June 30, 2018

"The Slave Detective of the South"

›
When you've been blogging for twelve years, you get a lot of emails from all sorts of strangers. They're all promoting some produc...
Wednesday, June 27, 2018

What's Behind the Immigration "Crisis"?

›
Apparently, some folks don't know the back story on Mexico. Here it is: When Clinton pushed through the North American Free Trade ...
Sunday, June 24, 2018

"Born and Livin' With The Blues"

›
I recently listened to The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois on Audible and one of the essays was on how Black people have created...
Friday, June 22, 2018

The Truth About the Cash Bail Industry

›
If you've seen "13th" (and if you haven't, why not?), you already know the information this little video produced by ...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Warsan Shire: "Home"

›
Home by Warsan Shire no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark. you only run for the border when you see the whole ci...
Monday, June 18, 2018

PSA on "White Fragility in the Workplace"

›
Friday, June 15, 2018

Waging Revolution One Act At A Time

›
Yesterday morning, after yoga class, I broke down in tears over breakfast because the world is so full of suffering and I can't fix i...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Lesle' Honore': "We Already Made America Great"

›
"We Already Made America Great" by Lesle' Honore' on our backs with our blood on our souls with our hands on ou...
Monday, June 11, 2018

The Racist History of Laws Against "Loitering"

›
It's amazing how much information can be squashed into three or four minutes of film. It's also amazing how brutally cold-blooded...
Saturday, June 09, 2018

Call For Action by IDOC Watch

›
IDOC Watch has issued a call for action on behalf of co-founder and Chairman of the New Afrikan Liberation Collective Kwame Shakur (Mich...
Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Bryan Stevenson: How To Change The World

›
Saturday, May 26, 2018

When the Choir Preaches Back

›
"I don't want to be told what to write I can excavate my own content I want to be pushed into digging deep wells in unhear...
Saturday, March 31, 2018

Assata Shakur: "To My People" (1973)

›
After a couple of months of dividing my time between attention to my teaching position and attempts to restore my badly decomposed physi...
Monday, February 05, 2018

Will California’s Governor Block Parole For Soledad Brother John Clutchette?

›
BREAKING: John Clutchette was released on parole from a California prison on Wednesday, June 6th. As he re-entered society, Mr. Clutchett...
Thursday, February 01, 2018

Porsha O: "Capitalism"

›
Monday, January 29, 2018

Shadowproof: Florida Officials Deny Operation PUSH Is Ongoing, Even As They Retaliate Against Prisoners

›
OperationPUSH supporters demonstrate in Gainesville, Florida, on January 18th (Photo by FightToxicPrisons )  On Thursday, January 2...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Stand For Prisoner Being Tortured For Speaking Out

›
On January 15th (Martin Luther King, Jr., Day), the prisoners in the Department of Corrections in the state of Florida kicked off a m...
Thursday, January 18, 2018

What A Difference A Day Makes

›
Yesterday, I got out of bed at 6 am. It was 66 degrees in my apartment. It was 16 outside. And -- when I looked at the clock, I realized t...
Monday, January 15, 2018

Prisoners Have No Patience Because They Have No Choice

›
The Powers-That-Be in this country have made an art form out of using the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to turn humans (a dis...
Sunday, January 14, 2018

Why Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Murdered

›
All over the United States tomorrow, people will be listening to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech, as if th...