May 9One Random White Person Away: On the Lynching of Jordan NeelyOur racially and economically stratified society is not in a slow descent into a dystopian hell. We have arrived. And hell here is not a lake of fire. For Jordan Neely, hell is being strangled to death in a subway car as onlookers watched in a detached resolve all because…Jordan Neely7 min readJordan Neely7 min read
Sep 3, 2022Sowing the Seeds of Fascism: White Denial and the Fate of American DemocracyAs I watched the president emerge from Independence Hall in Philadelphia last night to address the nation on the rising scourge of fascism and those that have been called MAGA Republicans, I could not help but take note of the irony of the spectacle. Biden and the Democrats sought to…Biden7 min readBiden7 min read
May 25, 2022Kids Still Die: “Living” the Consequence of European ConquestWe are still living out the consequence of European conquest and colonization of the Indigenous peoples and lands of this continent. The very law they raise up to defend their right to bear arms was a law born out of their will to protect what they stole and to defend…Gun Violence2 min readGun Violence2 min read
May 19, 2022Too Black Too StrongYou were Our Blackness Reinvented By the necessary of our condition A pride chiseled in your flesh Defiant as a mountain and as abrasive You put the diss in dissonance A sonic boom clash of dissent Bombarding our senses with an incessant chant of right and exact A pariah to…Malcolm X3 min readMalcolm X3 min read
Published inLEVEL·Dec 16, 2021Member-onlybell hooks saved mebell hooks saved me. I say that in all sincerity. …Feminism6 min readFeminism6 min read
Aug 4, 2021Gov. Cuomo, Culture is No Excuse for Sexual HarassmentEarlier this week, New York Attorney General Letitia James released a damning report in which 11 women accuse New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. In his videotaped defense, Cuomo suggested that his behavior was “cultural” and not gender-specific. He displayed photos of himself kissing the cheeks of other…Andrew Cuomo3 min readAndrew Cuomo3 min read
Jun 19, 2021Juneteenth as a Federal Holiday is an Act of Fraud by a Congress that Continues to Sabotage Black FreedomEarlier this week the Congress passed legislation making Juneteenth a federal holiday, and, somehow we are supposed to see this as an act of progress and cause for celebration. …Juneteenth8 min readJuneteenth8 min read
Published inAn Injustice!·Jun 10, 2021The 10 Indicators that Black Lives Matter at Your JobA year ago the whole world witnessed one of the most glaring and repulsive acts of police violence captured on video when Derek Chauvin, with the active support and cooperation of his fellow officers, put the full weight of his body on the neck of George Floyd as he lay…BlackLivesMatter6 min readBlackLivesMatter6 min read
Apr 28, 2021Biden Owes Black People a Police Reform Executive Order as Act of RedemptionWithin minutes of the judge reading the guilty verdicts in the case of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN, President Biden took to the airwaves to offer his response to this case. In his remarks, he indicated his ongoing support for the passage…Joe Biden11 min readJoe Biden11 min read
Nov 27, 2020Socialists Don’t Kill Us; Cops Do: Open Letter to Rep. Jim ClyburnAs someone who has recognized the crucial role you played during the primary to secure Trump’s defeat in the election, I write to you from a place of deep concern in light of your recent comments following your party’s presidential win. In an interview with Yahoo Finance, in response to…Jim Clyburn9 min readJim Clyburn9 min read
