The Body Cam Trade-Off
Challenging police violence shouldn’t require black Americans to sacrifice their privacy. Read my piece on this topic at Jacobin.
My Cousin Was Shot Dead by a Police Officer. Here’s What It Means for the New Economy Movement
Many opportunities exist for collaboration between the movements for racial justice and for an economy that works for everyone. Read my piece for YES! Magazine here.
Welcome to the Promised Land: Obama, the Voting Rights Act, and the Death of Racial Justice in America
Yesterday, in a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Back in the day, before racism was over, certain states and municipalities adopted various strategies which prevented blacks from voting. The Voting Rights Act sought to rectify that by first establishing a formula to determine if a given jurisdiction had discriminated…
Education and the Economy (Part 2)
“Under corporate capitalism, the objectives of liberal educational reform are contradictory: It is precisely because of its role as producer of an alienated and stratified labor force that the educational system has developed its repressive and unequal structure. In the history of U.S. education, it is the integrative function which has dominated the purpose of…
The Black President (Part 2)
After making my last post I’ve had a little time to think and I’d like to expand on something that I don’t think I was clear about.
The Black President
“Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want…
ReignFall 