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โStick a Fork in Their Ass & Turn โem Over – Theyโre Done.โ
Sorry to be a โNegative Nellyโ (& co-opt a Lou Reed lyric again), but pull up a stool and let me tell you why the Covid crisis is really just a mirror to a species already ...
Roundtable Discussion II on the Anti-Police Brutality Insurgency
Can a movement be built that relies upon different forms of action without being substantially limited by the political views that perhaps inform the least militant of the protestors?ย Importantly, young people, frequently including teenagers, have ...
The Shebeen
Hereโs a bit of a lingo lesson.ย A shebeen, according to Wikipedia, is an illegal establishment (in Ireland, Scotland and South Africa) that specializes in the sale of distilled alcoholic beverages and is typically regarded as ...
Mask down, fists up: a day at work in the library
Like most workers, I donโt wake up in the morning thinking Iโm going to get swung at while at my job. Iโm a librarian, not a professional boxer or an MMA fighter. But on a Monday ...
Itโs All About Me
One of these things is not like the other: a marriage collapses – a global pandemic takes hold. Thatโs what I tried to tell myself as I nosed at my overturned life like a furtive lizard ...
โI experienced a lot of violent shit and never once did it cross my mind to call the policeโ: A conversation with STiCKii and ShaeShae
Having spent the last decade organizing against police violence and for queer youth of color in Springfield, MA, STiCKii and ShaeShae break down their thoughts on the protests against police violence. STiCKii: My dad was black ...
Am I Allowed to Breathe?
Am I allowed to breathe? Is that a punishable offense? Am I allowed to feel Is that a shot? Are my thoughts read like my letters scanned and stored to be used against me later My ...
“So Are White People”: A Discussion of Race, Class, and Police Violence
JS: Last week President Trump was asked about the epidemic of Black people murdered by police in the United States. His response was: โSo are white people. More white people, by the way.โย TA: I have ...
TGIF
When I was a young teenager, the local Catholic parish, The Church of the Holy Trinity, would sponsor what they called a Friday Night Social. ย This was held at the Norwegian Hall, right across from the ...
CoreCivic Responds to Hard Crackers
Well, well, well, imagine our surprise when we received an email message from Ryan Gustin, the Public Affairs Manager of CoreCivic, the outfit that operates the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Tennessee, in response to an ...