16 Feb, 2023
Trouble in town? Send in the Maroon People!
Trouble in town? Send in the Maroon People! by Melinda Burrell 537 words Somewhere in Dayton, Ohio, a 13-year-old girl...
16 Feb, 2023
9 May, 2021
SOS: will the world answer the calls for help?
SOS: will the world answer the calls for help? by Wim Laven 717 words Published in: Black Star News, Z...
15 Apr, 2021
Armed racism keeps no one safe
The officer — the mad man with a badge — probably shouts those words 50 times at the driver, Second Lt. Caron Nazario, at a gas station in Windsor, Va., all the while holding a gun a foot from his face.
13 Dec, 2020
How Portland Radicalized Me
Today I find myself in an untenable position. I run an online encrypted mental health service to serve the Portland protest movement...
2 Dec, 2020
Earth to Portland: Dispatch from the Nation’s Problem Child
We live in Portland, Oregon. As almost anyone in our town will tell you...
27 Aug, 2020
Ending the civil war
“This looks like the beginning of a civil war. The chaos and violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin are unfolding as I...
19 Jun, 2020
Rayshard Brooks (and so many more) should still be alive
“Police departments all across America keep proving the same point: they are not training officers to honor the protection of...
28 May, 2020
Policing and the sanctity of life
“his is so much bigger than personal accountability. Yes, the four police officers present at the Memorial Day killing of...
18 Jul, 2018
Mixing guns and racism
“In Illinois, as in all the rest of the states, it’s legal to carry a concealed handgun, unless you’re at...
22 Nov, 2016
When Darkness Meets Light
“I am not sure anyone who was not here at Standing Rock could fully grasp the magnitude of inhumanity…” Dena...
3 Nov, 2016
Cop Killers and Trump
“When you hear that a police officer was ambushed and shot to death, what is your first image? For many...