A Philadelphia free-thinker, drawn to the stories of Mr. Mumia Abu-Jamal and Mr. Russell Shoatz, built a production anchored in their sentiments.
Why I’m Questioning the Motive of the GOP Debates
They have dismissed almost completely the issues of police and criminal justice reform and social justice.
His Words Empathize With Their Rage, His Indifference to a Murder Inflames It
The District Attorney in Philadelphia knows unmitigated police misconduct erodes the public trust, yet refuses to seek justice on behalf of Mr. Brandon Tate-Brown.
Why #IStandWithAhmed Mohamed
Black and brown boys like Ahmed Mohamed, who receive harsher discipline than non-minority students for common actions and behaviors, need to be celebrated when they achieve so that they’ll continue to do so.
The Commission on Black Men That Didn’t Live Up to the Hype
Re-established four years ago today, The Mayor’s Commission on African-American Males has no major accomplishment to tout but has received a pledge from the democratic nominee for Mayor of Philadelphia to extend the executive order and in City Council is a bill that could lead to its permanency.
‘Uncle’ Ben Carson and the Ferguson Commission Report
Dr. Ben Carson, like the Tom archetype he embodies, appears anti-rebellious and indifferent to the type of racism that sparked Ferguson’s uprising.
How and Why America Made the Black Man Scary
From trivialization to criminalization: the black body, the white media and the pattern of persecution.
Rumbling Racism: Joe Frazier and Philadelphia’s Token Outdoor Black Statue
The statue, while appreciated and overdue, represents a clear inequality in the visibility of black history through public sculptures in Philadelphia.
Wrestling Not Against Flesh: The New Attitude Era
Black Lives Matter activists have shed the cartoonish image of black activism and introduced a campaign full of grit.
White Church That Said Black Lives Matter Attracted Backlash, and an Ally
Philadelphia activist, Asa Khalif, supports Pennsylvania church that came under fire for their #BlackLivesMatter sign.
Ahead of Republican Presidential Debate, Candidates on the Wrong Side of History
One Presidential candidate shamed a movement, another offered to serve the jail time of a religious martyr and a Governor praised stop-and-frisk.
Money in Politics and the Unprecedented Candidacy of Lawrence Lessig
To rid politics of big money, a Harvard Law School professor is running for president, and if successful, he’ll resign.
Philadelphia Media Ignored Farrakhan, But That’s Just Business as Usual
Mainstream media’s absence from Minister Farrakhan’s speech in Philadelphia was noticeable, and it follows a disturbing pattern.
In Philly, Farrakhan Offers Remedy to Community and State Sanctioned Violence
Minister Louis Farrakhan outlined his theory of change to Philadelphians, the largest contingent at the ‘Million Man March’ twenty years ago.
Kim Davis is No Civil Rights Leader
The defiant Kentucky clerk is an insubordinate politician at best, and, at worse, a civil rights violator.
How Fox News Let a Bureaucrat off the Hook for Murder
Instead of investigating why Brandon Tate-Brown’s crime scene was staged to support a false narrative, Fox News’ Mr. Chris Wallace soft-balled the Philadelphia police commissioner, enabling him to ramble about black-on-black crime and dead cops.