“…hear me now, five, four, three, two, one…

Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame has released two of his best known political prisoners: Victoire Ingabire, a Hutu political activist, and Kizito Mihigo, a Tutsi gospel singer.

Long before the Nike deal it was clear that Kaepernick’s politics were being subsumed by other forces pushing a weak soup of “diversity” and “free speech.”

Things could get very ugly in Chicago if the cop that killed Laquan McDonald is set free by a jury that includes only one Black person.

Rather than benevolent protector, the state enables and often perpetuates violence against marginalized communities, criminalizing them.