In the past I’ve written about the complexity of being a descendant of enslaved people in the United States while also identifying as a Christian. It’s in interesting paradox for some, as many view Christianity as the tool used to pacify Africans during their enslavement. I used that article to explain how my faith in […]
What can we do for the 2.4 millions of men women and trapped in our a nation’s prisons?What can we do for the 38,000 people incarcerated in South Carolina?What can we do for the 1,200 incarcerated in Lee County? We’ve been asking ourselves these questions since the era mass incarceration began to raise eyebrows once […]
With our chanting Reparations 2020 and ADOS (American Descendants of Slaves) there’s a revived spirit among Black America that paints a color over this election that I’m invigorated by. We have full sight of our demands in 2020. Now that our generation has reached an age of maturity to not only vote but become well […]
Currently the only two states in which incarcerated individuals have the right to vote. In Maine and Vermont incarcerated individuals never lost their voting rights. These two states also have the whitest prison populations and with the realization that policies never came to strip the rights of incarcerated citizens in the north-most region of the […]
Since the beginning of the year we’ve been able to create a cohort made up of organizers across the country working toward the end of nationwide felony disenfranchisement. We believe that democracy works best when everyone being governed within it has the opportunity to be involved in the democratic process, including those impacted by the […]
Jordan Peele did it again with another movie that’s just as entertaining as it is insightful. I saw the movie against my will. Not because I don’t like Peele’s work, but I am not a scary movie person. I’m insistent on not allowing certain images to enter my conscience that I don’t feel comfortable with […]
I purposely chose the word facetious, because South Carolina’s Dept. of Correction’s Director Bryan Stirling has absurdly decided to address serious issued in South Carolin’a prisons with impotent legislation. The problem in South Carolina’s prisons is NOT the fact that a few prisoners have obtained access to cell phones. The problem is that South Carolina’s […]
Like every state, New Mexico is a battle ground full of its own complicated layers and complex processes in government. I was shocked by the structure of the New Mexican legislature with a biennium session that last only 60 days! New Mexicans have only two months to draft, promote, advocate for, revise, schedule a hearing […]
At this point there are nine states with active legislation towards the end of felony disenfranchisement in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, Washington and California. In this piece I want to shine a light on the West coast, which is supposedly known as a more ‘liberal’ area of the […]
I split this article up into two parts because these two eras of comics were separated by many years of marvel storytelling. Along with that it’s important for me to allow the joyous aspect of the union between Storm and Black Panther to resonate. I’m sorry to say that their union did not last a […]