We speak with the NDN Collective’s Nick Tilsen, who just visited Leonard Peltier in prison after news of his sentence commutation, about fighting for Peltier’s freedom, his health and Trump’s executive orders attacking environmental rights and Indigenous sovereignty. “Indigenous people, we’re ...
Ultimately, for one’s own sanity and peace of mind, we must come to terms with our imperfect selves. If we can accept the best version of ourselves that we can be at the moment (not our idealized perfect selves, mind you), we are more likely to enjoy the daily joys of life. Check...
(2) His political party and his country’s establishment dragged an already decaying old man out of what should have been a peaceful retirement because they thought he was their only real chance to dislodge what they thought was a hostile invading virus in the person of Donald Trump. (2a) ...
“ The agents prepared to move Trump offstage into his nearby SUV, but he told them to wait. Trump lifted his fist in the air, prompting a loud cheer from the crowd at the rally, and he mouthed the word “fight” three times while pumping his fist.” The Secret Service and members ...
That didn’t work of course. She screamed like the lice-potion was blistering her scalp the whole time, and I was terrified it was. We drove home, and while getting out of the car, one of our new neighbors popped over to say hello. He was in his scrubs, a doctor at the nearby ...
On the contrary, just like Arafat’s Hudaybiyya speech to South African Muslims promised “temporary truce while we are weak to be broken later,” contrasted with his Nobel Prize speech about the “peace of the brave,” so this English “narrative” (read: cogwar narrative for infidel ...
Pitchfork writer Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, weird tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. Wait. Is this Black Kray’s Eras Tour? That’s the kind of dumb, fleeting thought I had halfway through the...
she encounters various characters and confronts the prejudices and fears that fuel the ongoing witch-hunts, as well as the choices she made before losing her memories. Amidst the danger and turmoil, Dorothy must ultimately confront the darkness within herself and make peace with her true identity....
LeBron as billionaire rests on the premise that him as new boss will somehow not be the same as the old boss, but the Black athlete straddling the line between empire and community is unsustainable. Muhammad Ali loved money but died a world figure of peace and values, ...
I think it comes down to the fact that we are sinners. We sin. We fail. We try to depend on ourselves; we strive for perfection; we try to do it alone, instead of looking to the Lord for strength, hope, love, peace, joy. Those who do not know Christ have no power over sin ...