By Liz Derias “…among those that have least, beat hearts of hope, fly sparks of overcoming.” ~ Mumia Abu Jamal, Death Blossoms: Reflections from a...
By Nyle Fort If Black Power were a play who would be its main characters? What would be its major themes? And what scenes would develop...
Managing Editor Monica J. Casper and Associate Editor Heidi R. Lewis are having a blast at the SIROW 2014 Regional Heads and Directors Meeting in Tempe,...
By Jamila K. Wilson Breathe…Breathe. Deep breaths. Allow your inhale to expand your belly, and intentionally press your bellybutton back into your body. Use this breath...
By Gabriel Teodros A distant father figure who I’ve never once met. A living hero who’s words written from a prison cell had a deeper effect...
By Micol Seigel In the winter of 2001-2002, the dust of the Twin Towers continued to settle, it seemed to me, along with the snow. ...
By Quincy Scott Jones I. George Zimmerman Presses the Mute Button They say I was angry The same country that promotes drunks and pot...
By Walidah Imarisha In high school in a small town in Oregon, I found guidance in the most unlikely of places. Mrs. Borrevick wore bright...
By Layli Kristy Feghali Coming of age as a young US-born Arab woman in the post 9/11 era, Mumia’s case drew clear attention to the...
By Meron Wondwosen Every generation honors its live conformists and its dead trouble makers—Mignon McLaughlin It was November 5th 2005 and my first cousin was...
Andrea J. Ritchie is a Black lesbian police misconduct attorney and organizer who has engaged in extensive research, writing, litigation, organizing and advocacy on profiling, policing, and...
I love clothes. I always have. As a black girl coming of age in the early 1990s, I was up on all the adornment trends:...
By Jessica Millward I began writing to Mumia Abu-Jamal in December 2011 while he was in the liminal space between Death Row at...
With Nelson Mandela’s funeral on the television, Sammy, who is 6, turned to me with a question that quickly grabbed my attention. Having already discussed...
By Jamila K. Wilson As an activist in Philadelphia, I have been mentored by Pam and Ramona Africa of the MOVE family. They are...
By Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Clyde Gumbs and Jared Gumbs This summer I attended a screening of Prison Radio’s film about Mumia Abu-Jamal, Long Distance Revolutionary. Mumia...
By Noelle Hanrahan Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary is an inspiring portrait of a man whom many consider America’s most famous political prisoner – a man whose...
Dear Sir, I am afraid to say, I love you — a collection of simple sounds. I know this is the softest room in...