Get Hard: Hypermasculinity and Prison Politics
Joe Loya, former bank robber and author of the memoir The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell, is my friend and colleague. Recently, Joe and I had a lengthy... Read More
Goldsmith, Conceptualism & the Half-baked Rationalization of White Idiocy
Goldsmith, Conceptualism & the Half-baked Rationalization of White Idiocy Joey De Jesus Kenneth Goldsmith’s so-called “uncreative” editing of Michael Brown’s autopsy report into his piece, “The Body of Michael... Read More
A Film For Us: An Interview with Fouzia Najar
Fouzia Najar is the creator of “Semiotics of Islam: A Primer for Kuffar”, a short experimental film that deals with media representations of Muslims. Publisher Zinzi Clemmons spoke with Najar via... Read More
A Friend in Taipei
By Jean Ho The first time Tim kissed me, we were standing on the roof of his father’s apartment building in DanShui, drinking Taiwan Beers in the early afternoon. Typhoon... Read More
The Use of Force Continuum: Police, Power, and Prejudice
by Joe Ponce In Beavercreek, Ohio, under the glaringly white fluorescent lights of a Walmart superstore, John Crawford III walked around idly holding a BB gun he’d picked up from... Read More
Stories from Saddam's Prison
Written by Dr. Nadhir Mahmood Abed Translated by Umniyah Nadhir Mahmood Alone, I crawl within three walls and a fourth made of iron bars. The walls of my solitary confinement... Read More