We Can Defund The Police—Here’s How
Former City Council staffer-turned-DSA candidate explains how we can begin redirecting resources from cops to communities.
The Indypendent
Race in America
Neoliberalism by Another Name: From Trump’s Putsch to Biden’s ‘Moderation’
The shocking scenes from Washington D. C. have reinforced the idea that what the country needs right now is to ‘heal’ and avoid the excesses of both the right and the left.
This is How you Stymie a Movement
Illustrations by Leia-Lee Doran. There were countless instances of police brutality against protesters catalogued during the month of June,…
Black Literature is a Mirror to America
Over the years of teaching, I found some books on their own, or in odd pairs really spoke to students. So, you’ll find here authors who never met, holding hands. Or new ways of reading familiar names.
Fifty Years of a Black Panther Friendship
Former Baltimore Black Panther Eddie Conway did 44 years for a crime he likely did not commit. During that time, he struck up a close friendship with Paul Coates that continues to this day despite their differences.
The Spirit of St. Louis Is Broken
A historian looks at the Gateway City as a microcosm of how the grand Jeffersonian-democratic vision deteriorated into racism and rule by the rich.
