Revisiting Baltimore and changing the "racial conversation"
Does "Black lives matter" ask for something from the dominant culture that would require economic loss or will it mean gains and not losses, morally and economically, for most Americans?
Straight outta everywhere: Learning to listen in the "racial conversation"
The white dominant culture is more interested in critiquing the rap music rather than critiquing the conditions to which the music bears witness.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel must be impeached
Rahm Emanuel has proven himself the most roughly drawn, one-dimensional of comic book villains, an insult to the city's intelligence and sustainability.
Laquan McDonald killing exposes edifice of brutal oppression
The veil is being lifted from an entire interdependent system of institutionalized racism and oppression and its ugly inner workings.
Laquan McDonald killing underlines need to radically reconstruct criminal justice system
Everyone pressing for justice understands that appropriate actions against obstructionist public officials need sustained public oversight and engagement every step of the way.
