Mothers, brothers, sons and daughters in cities across the country are suffering from the loss of a loved one to police use of fatal force. In 2017 The Washington Post reports police officers in the…

Police throughout the US shoot and kill unarmed people, in Sacramento, Detroit, New Orleans and Madison. One mother of a biracial teen who was shot and killed by a local police officer, kept an audio diary following her son’s death.

“The role of history is critically important, to bring in a more contemporary conversation about what’s going on now. When we disconnect what’s happening in the present moment from historical context, it allows people to…

“I escaped  because of my friend. The three of us started planning while we were in south Sudan.” — Samuel Akena   “We had mothers whose children were crying.  Sometimes government troops and helicopter gunship…

“Those who were not able to walk were killed then. And then the greatest challenge was walking long distances for examples of 8 miles without any drinking water. There were those who were drinking the…

“I hate mornings. There’s nothing worse than waking up from your dreams to a cell whose 6×9 confines stretch into the horizons of your future.” — Emile DeWeaver   We share this special holiday reprise…