Category: Blog
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Maybe It’s Not Too Late
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For the record, I’m a fan of all three artists mentioned in this piece. I’m a fan of each of their new 2015 albums. I’m a product of the broader hip-hop culture that produced them, their fans, and even their haters.
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You Had Me At “Fresh”
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Here’s to shattering ceilings, cracking windows, opening doors, and anything else that lets the breeze of humanity clear out the stale air of misperception in our minds and in our media.
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Streets and Sidewalks
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In this moment, when so many people are expending so much time & energy fighting the good fight in “streets” that weren’t made for us … let’s not forget to spend some time on the sidewalk.
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Êtes-vous Charlie?….Really?
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As we try to process the most recent display of the frighteningly dark capabilities of the human soul, my question is to us, the sign holders, the stand-in-solidarity vigil participants, the pens-in-the-air freedom fighters. Are you…am I…really Charlie?
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How to Lose
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In the US, we have perfected the celebration of the win. I don’t think any other country does victory as well as we do…but we are terrible losers. I don’t mean loser in the typical sense…I mean loser in the sense of someone who has lost something – or someone…
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We Need “Selma” Now More Than Ever
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I always listen to classical music on my way home from the movie theater. It helps me process what I have seen. After a movie like Selma, at the end of a year like 2014, I had to take the long way home to organize my thoughts. So, without any spoilers, here’s how this…
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Why This? Why Now?
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We are at a critical moment in this country. We are rethinking a lot of things we usually take for granted. We are hearing the voices of people we usually ignore. We are finding ourselves agreeing with people we usually mistrust.