Somehow, some way, I've made it to 17 years on here. Barely. As post tallies from the last several--7 especially--years have demonstrate...

Codeswitching , and more specifically the act of African Americans  using a   "white voice," including accent, intonation and...

Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks at a press conference in Mexico City, July 3, 2018 (Photo: Manuel Velazquez/Getty Images) from New Yor...

Rutgers-Newark Labor Day  has come and gone, and in its wake the school year is off and racing. In addition to chairing African America...

What is art? What is "good" art? What do we mean by "good" when we speak of art? Does "good" here equa...

One of the signs from yesterday #occupychicago I've posted a few times about the Occupy Wall Street (#OWS) and other Occupy Financ...

A girl holds a South Sudan flag with stripes symbolising the people, their blood and the land. Photograph: Ho/Reuters After decades of w...

Many, many thanks to everyone who came out to the Poetry for Labor reading and commemoration on Sunday, which was International Labor D...

This upcoming Sunday, May 1, 2011, International Labor Day / May Day , in conjunction with Red Rover Series  and Chicago Durutti Skool , I a...