Reflection 1 Music was his life. It was like fire shut up in his bones. Last Saturday we memorialized my younger brother, Anthony David Galvin. It was a beautiful moment. Folks in Tony’s inner circle of confidants, adopted brothers even, rallied with my twin sister M’Lissa (Missy) and me to…

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Reparations and the Democratic Economy With the annual Congressional Black Caucus Conference happening just a few blocks away, the Democracy Collaborative invited Dr. Julianne Malveaux and Dr. Ron Daniels to lead a discussion on reparations on September 11th. …

The Crucifixion, Death, and Ressurection of Michael Brown — A Political Prisoner in the American Empire Editorial Note: Previous versions of this piece contained a picture of Michael Brown’s body laying in the middle of the street. This image has been removed to prevent further triggering our people and participating in the spectacle that the empire makes of Black bodies and Black death. 3 years ago…

Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference Pre-Conference Ecumenical Worship Service, Richmond, VA Gracious One. The ordainer of time. You know as well as we do that. . . An entire planet has conspired in an attempt to rob your sun-kissed children of our land, our bodies, our minds, and even our souls. …

Elite White Male Supremacy — PEOPLE are in motion all over the country and even the world. Shouts of yes we can! Si se puede! No justice, no peace are sweeping the land. As my friend Tamara Draut, V.P. at Demos suggests in the title of her book: “A sleeping giant has been awakened.” A…