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A Saturday Afternoon in Brooklyn
The Hard Crackers Release Party for Issue #9 on Saturday, January 7th, went off with a bang, not of the NYPD variety. Between 20 and 30 people were in attendance. The Freddy’s Bar Backroom was filled. John ...
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The Intersection of African Liberation and Philately in the Life of an Activist
Ken Lawrence is a lifelong American activist and writer, a veteran of the struggle for social justice, equality and liberation. He was an active participant in SNCC (the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), a member of Facing ...
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Socialism or Suburbia
“Privilege is provisional,” writes Margo Jefferson in Negroland, part memoir, part history of African Americans like herself who grew up “middle class” in Chicago. “Privilege can be denied, withheld, offered grudgingly and summarily withdrawn […] Keep ...
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Above the Cloudline
We’re sitting on the front veranda of a small house in the mountains, maybe 90 minutes’ drive from the Colombian city of Bucaramanga, whose beauty queen has just been crowned Miss Colombia. I know this because ...
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Nothing to Covet: Reflections on Growing Up Near a U.S. Military Base
In my hometown thirty miles northeast of Detroit, there is a stretch of road that runs along the border of Selfridge Air National Guard Base, one of nearly 500 military bases found in the United States. ...
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Call Us If You Stop Breathing
I work as a freelance editor. I make sure that the answers on multiple choice tests for commercial drivers license exams are in the right order, things like that. This doesn’t pay a living wage. For ...
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One Million Dollars
In February 2011, my Brooklyn-based, French-language rock band, Les Sans Culottes, was asked to perform at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Chelsea. The band would perform a couple of songs between various improv skits and ...
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Welcome to Chicago!
Last summer when I was planning my move to Chicago, a friend who grew up on the West Side of the city gave me some tips about avoiding car break-ins: always lock my car, avoid driving ...
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No Standing
Put aside justice, stability and security, the little creature comforts that we all deserve, or finally paying your bills without a knot twisting in your stomach—then maybe the greatest pleasure in landing a living wage job ...
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The Anniversary
The anniversary. Two years ago, March 16th, 2020, the last time I lived in California. I took these shots on what was the eve before the world shut down. Looking west, the sun was setting over ...
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