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.

The racism of the larger society is internalized in us, including those of us who are Black and brown, and must be methodically confronted.