This article by Dante Owens is a response to the New York Times article that came out over the summer, “Nipsey Hussle Was Hailed as a Peacemaker by the LAPD. He Was Also Their Focus in an Investigation.” As a former gang member Dante relates to the experience that no matter how you change and […]
Through the ages and up to our contemporary times, music has united and transformed societies and individuals alike. For Nakury, a Costa Rican rapper, MC, activist, cultural curator, and documentary filmmaker, it has become her mission to fuel change. This spans from the local communities in her native country, to supporting, educating, and mentoring young […]
By Kim Owens, Liz Graves In 1958, the New York Times ran a review of the film, The Defiant Ones, starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier, “a remarkably apt and dramatic visualization of a social idea – the idea of men of different races brought together to face misfortune in a bond of brotherhood,” wrote […]
