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Black Lives Have Never Mattered In The United States of America And Never Will
Asar Imhotep Amen
Troy Thomas, Lancaster, California. “Black Lives Have Never Mattered in the United States of America and Never Will: A Modern Day Slave’s Perspective.” Sometimes different people can independently arrive at the same conclusion. I didn’t… Full Transcript
Gangsters in Blue
Mumia Abu-Jamal
An essay from the new book Writing on the Wall, “Gangsters in Blue”, July 20, 1994″. A ruthless band of criminals strikes a series of homes, robbing inhabitants of money and other valuables, threatening certain… Full Transcript
I Can’t Breathe
Safir Chuma Asafo
This is Asafo Chuma Asafo reporting from Huntington State Prison in Pennsylvania. I can’t breathe within the solitary confinement of this police state environment. Eleven times ignored cries, until my freedom of speech went silent. I can’t… Full Transcript
DeSean Dismissed
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The recent release of Philadelphia Eagle, DeSean Jackson, has left jaws gaping across the Delaware Valley. Jackson was coming off a banner year with career high 82 receptions and 1,332 yards. The young player is… Full Transcript
It has been one month since the NYPD and the U.S. government came after me, accusing me of setting fire to police vehicles belonging to the 83rd precinct in Brooklyn. According to them, $800,000 worth… Full Transcript