Relational Egalitarianism is Not about Egalitarian Relationships
That equality is an essential part of justice - or even that justice just is some kind of equality - has been central to...
Solidarity, Not Charity: Mutual Aid’s An-archic History
Cover image: Molly Costello
Although mutual aid has long been practiced by community organizers and activists, it gained prominence in U.S. media over the last...
A Coup by Any Other Name: Reflections on Democracy, Defense, and White Supremacy
1:40 PM CST. I am writing this on January 6, 2021, the day of the Electoral College vote certification, while watching ABC News through...
The Siege of the Capitol and ‘Civil War’
One of the many controversies precipitated by the January 6th unrest at the Capitol has been a terminological controversy around words like ‘sedition’, ‘insurrection’,...
‘Ideas are Medicine’: An Interview with Leon and Alen from Seize the Moment
Below is an edited and heavily condensed transcript of the interview. To watch the full, unedited interview, go over to the Seize the Moment...
Absolute Banana Republic Crap: Reflections on the “Assault” on the Capitol
As scenes of Trump supporters storming the US Capitol filled media outlets and social media on January 6th, shocked journalists repeated again and again...
Parable of Change
Georgia is where my sister lives with her family. Her oldest child, my goddaughter, epitomizes Black girl magic. She is a leader. She is...
Caring for Democracy
The events at the US Capitol building in January 2021 remind us that democracy must be carefully cultivated. It is easy for violence, power,...
On Hiding Faces
3D scanner depiction of a masked face by the artist Lukas Einsele (2020) (permission granted by artist)
Faces are hidden for many reasons. We hide...
On Protest and Hope as Social Inquiry
In 1948, Marxist philosopher C.L.R. James, addressing Black political militancy, insisted “that the independent Negro movement that we see today and which we see...