What Does It Mean To Be A Radical (Black) Organizer Today

Several weeks ago, I gave a talk on being an organizer, but not just any kind of organizer I wanted to define what the role is of a radical Black organizer in today’s [...]
Who Fears the New Afrikan Queers?

In this era of gay Pride and Black Lives Matter, of rainbow flags and clenched fists, the question of the relationship between the struggle for queer liberation and Black [...]
Dear Mariame Kaba, Hope is Not a Discipline

“Hope doesn’t preclude feeling sadness or frustration or anger or any other emotion that makes total sense. Hope isn’t an emotion, you know? Hope is not optimism. Hope [...]
“Auntie Diaries” is a Messy Account of Gay and Trans Acceptance

Kendrick Lamar’s new album, “Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers” is an in-depth review of social progress. The critically acclaimed rapper has come back after winning a [...]
African Power & Politics In Cuba’s La Marina Neighborhood

It’s quite similar each time. In the Miami airport, loudly-dressed individuals and fast-talking families, flock shoulder-to-shoulder in line, waiting to present their [...]

December 2015

Attorney Kamau Franklin Explains Why the Prosecutor Did Not Secure an Indictment in the Tamir Rice Case- Because We Live in America

December 29, 2015 // 0 Comments

Attorney Kamau Franklin in this interview with the Real News Network explains why the prosecutor’s approach in Tamir Rice’s case was flawed from the beginning [...]

Kamau Franklin Discusses Chicago Mayor Emanuel Sacking of Police Superintendent McCarthy

December 2, 2015 // 0 Comments

Kamau Franklin on the Real News discusses why the court-ordered release of the dashcam video of teen Laquan McDonald being gunned down by police officer Jason Van Dyke led to [...]