Death By Black Excellence
This pathology operates on a dual axis that prevents meaningful discourse about the material conditions we as Black people face, all while obscuring the diversity of the elite class that perpetuates it.
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Southern politics
"Never to Humiliation": Houston Stands Against the U.S.-Zionist Regime for Al-Quds Day
On Friday, March 13, 2026, the Houston community gathered in solidarity with oppressed people across Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, and the rest of the world for the annual Al-Quds Day, a call for Palestinian self-determination and a fervent opposition to Israel and Zionism. As the imperialist axis drags the world into another war, Houston stood as…
Arts & Soul
How Aristotle Jones Became the 'Appalachian Soul Man'
Aristotle Jones learned Appalachian Soul music porch-pickin' with his grandfather Robert Jones. The elder Jones didn't play Bill Monroe or Carter Family Appalachian music. He played Black Appalachian music informed by the South, by gospel, by Delta blues.
Race & Place
Bombing Iran: Crude Oil Gulf Extraction and Gulf South Petro-Devastation
The same logic that organizes the extraction of the Global South organizes the domestic South. The plantation did not disappear, and the Middle Passage lives on.
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'South of Midnight' is a spellbinding Southern Gothic video game
Essays & Letters
Surviving Fascism: Lessons from Jim Crow
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