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When I was told by some [grad school] faculty that I had issues
When I was told by some [grad school] faculty that I had issues with authority, I had mixed feelings about being so labeled. On the one hand, I found ...

My dad died five years ago today. Heres a poem about it: IN
My dad died five years ago today. Heres a poem about it: IN MINNEAPOLIS, MY FATHER watched a crew wipe the family name from the face of our supper ...

Ive been spending lots of my mornings these days listening to this
Ive been spending lots of my mornings these days listening to this track on repeat and just crying. Lauryn wrote this song after the police murdered...

Ive been struggling recently with conversations about Ferguson,
Ive been struggling recently with conversations about Ferguson, and other political conversations more generally. Im trying to write a piece about it,...

This story is not a eulogy. A eulogy seals the casket. A eulogy
This story is not a eulogy. A eulogy seals the casket. A eulogy lets no air out [...] Jesus was not resurrected by God--he was brought back by the peo...

It seems to me that there are two possible explanations for why
It seems to me that there are two possible explanations for why police departments respond to protests with violence / the threat of violence, and the...

We call the U.S. a country, our country, but I think we live in an
We call the U.S. a country, our country, but I think we live in an occupied territory. Were policed by white supremacist paramilitary organizations wh...

One of the most valuable things Im learning in my work as an
One of the most valuable things Im learning in my work as an educator and advocate is, counter-intuitively, the ability to not correct or call out peo...