A fusillade of gunshots shatters the evening stillness, silence a brief backdrop again before a cacophony of police radios and loud voices erupts in its place. No longer cognizant of his surroundings, the young man who is the focus of the radio calls and shouted instructions attempts to rise and resume his journey.   Miles…

“Look at her, bitch thinks she’s better than anybody else, lookin’ like a whitegirl. Thinks her shit don’t stink, probly“. Why can’t I be dark, like Ramona? “Scholarship huh. Well of course, teacher’s think she’s white. Don’t need no college anyway, any job would think she’s an American and hire her. She got it made“….

La Estrellita Cafe Friday May 4 7:00 pm From Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Puebla, Mexico: Poor people of color resist colonial rule, and WIN! Please join us for a night of poetry, music and resistance as we build Black-Brown solidarity in paying homage to our warrior ancestors who struck back even when the odds were against…

The woman made her way between sage and chaparral, having left no footprints in her wake. Small animals froze in the underbrush, crickets ceased their chirping. No birds flew overhead. She would make it safe for her children; they were ready to return. She had all the time in the world.   The observer clambered…