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Are Anti-Poverty Programs Really Substitutes for Reparations?
Racial inequality and economic inequality are not synonyms. That premise is the foundation behind an intellectual skirmish between The Atlantic columnist Ta-Nehisi Coates and other commentators about Presidential candidate Bernie …
The Wonderful Afrofuturism of ‘The Wiz’
The Wizard of Oz is, as the saying goes, as American as apple pie. Every year at least, I’d crowd around a screen with family to watch Dorothy’s teleportation from …
Reclaiming King: Five Speeches (That Aren’t the Dream Speech)
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Or, Can She?
“We need to take these people on. They are often connected to drug cartels. They are not just gangs of kids anymore. They are often the kinds of kids that …
Thoughts on Chi-Raq
I genuinely don’t know where to begin. All I know is that I watched Chi-Raq last night and I feel…feelings. So let me tease them out. First of all, Chi-Raq …
The First Year without Tamir
Tamir Rice is not a martyr. He did not die, one year ago, as another noble name on a list of noble names. While the year after his death …
A Reflection on Starting Up: A Look at Our First Year
Ferguson changed everything. It’s only been a little over a year since Michael Brown was killed by Darren Wilson and just about a year since Darren Wilson walked away …
The Evolution of Kendrick Lamar
Something special happened to me four years ago at the 9:30 Club in D.C, slam in the middle of the awful August 2011 heat wave in a room full of …
Straw Freshmen: Why the War on Campus PC Culture is Bullshit
PC culture. It’s the new evil gripping the millennials of this country, coddling all of our college students so they become unquestioning, reactive drones; social justice warriors who put their …