Ferguson still living in the past
Posted at ST. Louis American on February 25, 2016 Loretta Lynch, head of the Department of Justice, responded to Ferguson city officials with a law suit and a provocative statement. Claiming the DOJ changes would be too costly to the city, Ferguson city officials chose to spend millions of taxpayers’ dollars to fight the […]
Last of the Angola 3 released!
Albert Woodfox was freed today on his 69th birthday. He was the United States’ longest serving prisoner held in isolation. Nearly every day for more than half of his life, Albert Woodfox woke up in a cell the size of a parking space, surrounded by concrete and steel. There are still political prisoners languishing in […]
The rest of the Cally book tour
After returning from the California book tour, I had scant time to reflect and blog about it given the work on the ground in St. Louis and prepping for the Atlanta tour. I do need to give some shout-outs to those who made the Cally events happen and to the people who turned out. I […]