Black Power
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SPEAK MY NAME
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STONEWALL 50
‘Star Trek: Discovery’ star Wilson Cruz is motivated ‘to continue the fight’ of Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, and others. ‘We are everywhere, and we will not be ignored.’
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MAKE AMERICA AGAIN
The runners’ iconic salute, delivered the same year that Donald’s bone spurs kept him out of Vietnam, was booed and promptly condemned as a “violent breach… of the Olympic spirit."
1939-2018
Activist, academic, philosopher, essayist; at first a man of the left, and later a man in search of common good, Julius Lester embodied what we all should seek to be.
Hair Affair
A cultural emblem and a political statement (see Colin Kaepernick), the Afro is also a haircut, and as such, it requires care and grooming. We’re here to help.
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TOO CRAZY
Micah Johnson was banned, deemed ‘unstable’ after the Army kicked him out for stealing panties. That didn’t stop him from writing a group motto in his own blood.
FULL OF HATE
The sniper who murdered five officers during a Black Lives Matter protest was a fan of anti-police groups and a reservist who deployed to Afghanistan.
Profane and Profound
Biographer Scott Saul talks about spending 8 years studying Pryor and why he never got bored, why Pryor is still electrifying, and what he would have thought of Bill Cosby. Read an excerpt from his book below.