Who Polices the Police?
There’s a difference between looking a person up on social media and looking them up in a police database. It felt like an abuse of his power.
This is For the Lover in You: Anthony Bourdain
You can’t be a creative without that flash of desire to freeze the moment, everything from the sunlight to the croaking frogs (or the honking cars), and try in some way to bottle it. On paper, on canvas, or on a plate.
The Mark of the Hawk is Forever
Christianity is supposed to be a balm for the Africans, the holy claim that all men are equal under God. But under man? Another story.
You’re So Selfish! Five Reasons Why
Yes, you’re selfish beyond comprehension. Oh wait, not you, look next to you. Yeah them.
Dear White People and the Issue of Sexuality
Dear White People is more nuanced and clever than many people–who’ve resisted it before seeing it–believe. It’s not a long rant about racism, it is a probing look into which issues are straw men, which are still relevant, and which ones we haven’t even addressed yet.
Digital Diaspora: African Comics and Accessibility
Digital formats of African graphic novels and comics, as well as making many of them free and easily accessible to a diasporic audience, these writers, artists, and publishing companies are bringing their audience to a home
Why Has Some Food Resisted Gentrification?
Without a cultural fantasy, foreign food is just seen as peasant food.
“You Can Check Out Anytime You Like, But You Can Never Leave”
The Arconia is the true murderer.
Midnight Diner; Have It Your Way
The patrons cry easily into their food as they battle their past in the touching television show, Midnight Diner.
“It’s a Coney Island”: Russian Doll and Millennial Dissatisfaction
“It’s a Coney Island,” Russian Doll and Millennial Dissatisfaction