A Radical Week
The Black Radical Traditions Conf was held at Temple U, organized by an inter-generational team, to bring together “honest and committed intellectuals and activists…to imagine a different future and suggest strategies and tactics to fight for it.” Conf organizers expected a few hundred participants but had to cut off pre-registration at 1000 before the […]
An Interview with Rasheen Aldridge
Published at St. Louis American, November 30, 2015 Rasheen Aldridge is an organizer with the Show Me $15 Campaign. The 2013 recipient of the Jamala Rogers Young Visionary Award, he emerged as one of the prominent leaders of the Ferguson Uprising. He became the youngest member of Ferguson Commission convened by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon. […]
Aging care at the crossroad
Published in the St. Louis American, December 24, 2015 I’ve been learning to grow old gracefully from my mother. She has embraced aging with elegance but also with a determination to be healthy and independent. It sounds like a realistic plan. Before I reached that bewitching age of 65 this year, I read “The Age […]