Commentaries

I write today of a man on Death Row, a man known to many as “2 Gunz.” For many, perhaps most, the words “Death Row”, and the nickname, “”2 Gunz”, when used in the same… Full Transcript

For those who know the life and struggles of former Black Panther and Black Liberation fighter, Assata Shakur, the US government attacks on her, by ludicrously labeling her a terrorist, and posting a bounty on… Full Transcript

With news emerging of widespread US spying on several dozen European leaders and populations, we see the rise of the national –no, international security state. Spy craft has long been a tool of states, especially… Full Transcript

From the first arrival of Africans on the shores and islands of the Americas as captives, music, and often acapella (or without instrumentation) became the central tool of communication. Chained together like two-legged cattle, under… Full Transcript

Several days ago, the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting in Philadelphia, delivered a shocking decision in the continuing case of Lorenzo Johnson, the New Yorker recently released from 17 years in prison after… Full Transcript

Greetings to Members and Delegates of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) IN San Juan, Puerto Rico for the Law for the People Convention. As I thought about this event, I could not avoid thinking of… Full Transcript

Correctional facilities, from maximum security facilities like San Quentin and Pelican Bay to immigration centers, the juvenile justice system, private for-profit prisons and county jails, where prisoners spend longer and longer periods of time under… Full Transcript