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 [...]

Organizing/Activism

Looking Back at the Young Lords Occupation of Lincoln Hospital 51 Years Later

July 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

On July 14th, 1970, the Young Lords occupied Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, New York, in response to the grave injustices occurring at the hospital that had been plaguing [...]

Power vs. Equality: Malcolm X Sought Not to Change America But to Change Black People

January 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

Black America must continue to think about the ideological paradigm shift Malcolm ushered in during the 1960s that still holds some sway over a significant portion of those [...]

Here Is What President Obama Should Say Directly to the Black Community In His Farewell Address

January 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

(Originally published January 7, 2017 in Atlanta Black Star) President Barack Obama is scheduled to give a farewell address to the American people on January 10 from his [...]

NAACP Brings a Knife to a Gunfight: Sit-In Protest In Jeff Sessions’ Office Illustrates Glaring Need for New Tactics

January 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

(Originally published January 5, 2017 in Atlanta Black Star) The NAACP staged a sit-in Tuesday, Jan. 3, in the Mobile, Alabama, office of Jeff Sessions, Attorney General [...]

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

Who Fears the New Afrikan Queers?

Dear Mariame Kaba, Hope is Not a Discipline

“Auntie Diaries” is a Messy Account of Gay and Trans Acceptance

African Power & Politics In Cuba’s La Marina Neighborhood

Grassroots Thinking

Messages from Community Movement Builders to the movement

Organizing/Activism

Looking Back at the Young Lords Occupation of Lincoln Hospital 51 Years Later

Power vs. Equality: Malcolm X Sought Not to Change America But to Change Black People

Here Is What President Obama Should Say Directly to the Black Community In His Farewell Address

NAACP Brings a Knife to a Gunfight: Sit-In Protest In Jeff Sessions’ Office Illustrates Glaring Need for New Tactics