Durrel Douglas is the current democratic candidate for Michigan’s House of Representative District 8 running for the state primary. His campaign centers those within his district and the issues that impact constituents. Choosing to host his launch event at YumVillage, Douglas describes his district: running from downtown Detroit through Highland Park, Hazel Park, Ferndale and […]
When we arrived on the scene, vehicles lined the cross-street in both directions. We struggled to find parking as police cars block the entry onto Bermis road, so we couldn’t quite see where the rally was taking place, but we knew that it was in well attendance. As we walked toward the prison grounds, joining […]
Chicago Votes’ Silenced Documentary brings together impacted voices in order to address the basic issue of disenfranchisement in our communities. Featured speakers remind viewers that, “America moves in a malicious way” as Illinois was founded on the disenfranchisement and criminalization of Black people like many other states’ legislation concerning voting, follow the national government’s trend […]
Three years, ago the 2018 National Prison Strike united incarcerated people across 17 states around 10 demands. In order to elevate those demands, incarcerated organizers promoted four actions for inside participants to engage in: work strikes, sit-ins, boycotts and hunger strikes. The outside world took notice worldwide responding to prisoners call to post their demands […]
As the majority of Americans have cashed their stimulus checks, incarcerated citizens are burdened under the weight of new restrictions along with mounting telecom and mailing costs for staying connected with loved ones throughout the pandemic. In May I wrote an article listing reasons, Why People in Prison Should Recieve stimulus money. That following October […]
I was never excited about the Joe Biden’s potential election, not during his initial run or especially after his selection of Kamala Harris as his VP. Prior to their political union I advocated against their federal leadership as early as when they ran competing presidential campaigns. Biden Bills are stained with stench of mass incarceration. […]
I’m deeply concerned to be one of the minority group that didn’t jump for joy, break into tears or feel any sense of cultural accomplishment with the announcement of the presidential elect Biden- Harris administration. Rather than feel any significant gain, it’s as if I was watching my worst nightmare while people were cheering in […]
Trump Missed A Valuable Opportunity to Burn Biden and Open Voters’ Eyes, Here’s How During every debate I’m the person waiting to hear about each candidate’s plan to decarcerate the United States. Unfortunately, there’s never a direct question about improving prison conditions, ending prison slavery or addressing mass incarceration. However, during this second round; moderated […]
On May 11th, while thousands of people were cashing their stimulus checks, I published an article on SawariMedia about why People in Prison Should Receive Stimulus Money. The reasons, in my eyes, were obvious: people in prison make cents to the dollar (if anything) hourly for the work that they do if they are able […]
Leaders weren’t bread for social isolation or sensory deprivation, but this is the fate that many outspoken leaders from throughout the earlier years of the Black Liberation Movement are suffering at the hands of prison and political officials who’ve condemned them to captivity in the United States’ Departments of Korrections. These leaders who have been […]