Emmett Till Would Have Been 82 Today

On August 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally beaten and lynched by Roy Bryant and his brother J.W. Milam after Till was accused of…

Four Years Since the Mauna Kea Protests

Kānaka ʻoiwi have seen our culture and history trampled, stolen, rewritten, and colonized since the first haole imperialists landed on our ʻāina. Just as the…

Celebrating Assata Shakur on Her Birthday

Assata Shakur was born on July 16, 1947 in New York and she’s had a wildly unfair life ever since. I wrote about Assata Shakur…

Two Years After We Lost Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask

Two years ago, fittingly before America’s “birthday,” Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask passed on and became an ancestor to our lāhui. Dr. Trask was a historian, activist,…

There Is No Cause for Celebration on This Day

Every year as we approach the fake state of America’s “independence” day and celebration, I want to focus on/remind others of why the U.S. should never…

Criminal Legal System Resources I Love

As a still growing abolitionist, it’s massively important for me to know exactly what I believe and why. Every conversation I have with a supporter of…

Celebrating Juneteenth and the End of Chattel Slavery

Today we celebrate Juneteenth—a paramount day commemorating the emancipation of Black people from chattel slavery. On June 19, 1865, enslaved people in Texas finally learned…