Being a rapper has a stigma attached due to the ‘trap’ rap genre saturating mainstream music entertainment. The genre’s repetitive lyrics and catchy melody coerce people into praising negative behaviors ranging from drug use to murder and prostitution. Growing up in an urban area myself, becoming a rapper was the number one career choice that […]
As I looked through Target’s greeting card section to send something for Christmas I had to remember that the card I chose could be no larger than 6” x 8” with no more than a single fold, commercially produced and made of standard cardstock. According to the Michigan Department of Correction’s mail policy I had […]
During the National Prison Strike Jailhouse Lawyers Speak inspired incarcerated and outside activists across the country. Activists on the outside were inspired by prisoners leadership on the inside, their ability to work effectively through limited communication and the threat of retaliation. After the strike incarcerated people were inspired by the activism that happened across the […]
As I fill out my the ballot that was mailed to me last week, I think about two huge facets of voting that hinder our participating as a community. The first, a large complaint in many states, is access. Washington state mails ballots to all registered voters. The ballot has a return envelope and there […]
We’re all coming together to sit at the table in order to stop the United States down the desperate and disgusting track its been headed down for decades. Alternatives to Incarceration Exist, We Choose Who has Access People ask me where my passion comes from for prisoners and I can simply answer in saying I […]
Costa Rica is an insanely beautiful place. When I took my trip I did not expect to have any sort of life changing revelation and that’s not what this write-up is going to be about. I took a simple trip to visit my friend that I hadn’t seen in over a year and was to […]
Chance was killed by officers in his front yard while helping a friend. He was completely unrelated to the investigation that officers were on and so was his friend that officers were after. The police killed Chance while undercover in unmarked cars, luring he and his friend out of the house with a decoy looking […]
Recently there has been a rise of worker strikes happening throughout the country. Throughout Western Washington construction workers have been on strike. Construction workers have been striking unsafe working conditions for decades. Teachers are striking in Tumwater and have been striking for years about their inadequate wages. Recently I saw a documentary that highlighted NFL […]
Living in a Liberal and progressive utopia… where same sex couples can safely walk the streets holding hands, where the crosswalks are painted with rainbows, where, “What are your gender pronouns?” is a introduction question, and where ‘black lives matter’ signs lean in the window of every other storefront Now I come to wonder how […]
[featured image of a solidarity rally in Des Moines, Iowa outside of the Iowa Prison Industries office] As supporters of the national prison strike, we must remember that the call to end prison slavery isn’t the only of prisoners demands. In 2016 this was a major focus nationwide and this has continued to be a […]