On: Economic Protest
This past weekend, a lot of us saw the video of Portland Police beating and tasing a 16-year-old. To make matters worse, this comes at time when there are anti-police…
This past weekend, a lot of us saw the video of Portland Police beating and tasing a 16-year-old. To make matters worse, this comes at time when there are anti-police…
I’ve been talking a lot about politics lately, but this week, I have to call myself out. Despite being a fan of all the music coming out of Portland, I…
Ever criticized a “Black leader?” Does this response sound familiar? “How dare you talk about me? At least I’m doing something?” Is it getting tired yet? Let’s be real. You…
Saidah Wilson contributed to this essay. Why are people surprised? What exactly is shocking about the police rolling through towns with tanks and tear-gassing Black people? This isn’t the 1500…
Author’s Note: All pictures were taken by Saidah Wilson It would be really easy (and I mean REALLY easy) for me to bitch about how, on a day full of…
Remember the mid 2000s, when there was a national push for artists to “make their Illmatic?” Questlove made the famous Illmatic quote about Jay-Z before the release of The Black…
When we talk about great Black leaders, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. practically roll off the tongue. After all, they made the ultimate sacrifice for the cause. They…
Sometimes, to be the change you want to see, you have to first see the change you want to see. Yesterday, the Urban League sent Intisar Abioto and me down…
I really tried to feel some kind of way about Charlie Hales and his white man diversity retreat. Really, I did. After all, you’ve got Hales, OG gentrifier and street…
“You’re never as good or bad as they say you are.” “Never too high, never too low.” There are a few quotes like these which I feel every artist should…