Yesterday shouldn’t have been a surprise to anyone. White rage has been the most destructive global force that keeps this piece of shit of a nation in the festering cesspool that is the so-called American way of life.

White rage results in unfettered capitalism, loss of human life, and worldwide misery. Whenever this country shows a hint of potential to be as great as it says in its founding documents, white rage drags us all back to Puritan times. And when I mean Puritan times, I mean the time white people had to decide whether to starve, kill off the…

Sometimes you can do all the planning and preparation in the world and still fuck up. That’s what happened to me today. Plan Z also didn’t work as planned. I was already nervous about getting everything right that I allowed a fixable mistake to snowball into a subpar outcome.

It was a fuck up at a time I shouldn’t and couldn’t fuck up. Why am I even doing this? Why am I here?

I’m mourning the loss hard.

I have to. As a creative professional, so much of my identity is tied to what goes on in my brain. I make mistakes all the time…

Some spoilers, if you can say that about a historical series.

Season 4 of The Crown premiered this week and for a “woke” Black American, I’m way too excited for this season.

I’m a sucker for a good historical drama, especially one that centers around rich white people in elaborate costumes. In contrast to shows like The Tudors and The Borgias, the sovereign protagonist is not some hedonistic megalomaniac, but an emotionless, levelheaded woman. But at the same time, because Elizabeth and Philip are still kicking, I feel more invested in The Crown’s storylines. …

This article has been revised to reflect the fact Gardner died by suicide in Oregon.

On the week of September 14, Omahans anxiously awaited a grand jury decision which will decide the future of this overgrown prairie town. After a longwinded response from the Black special prosecutor— as well as some online casual racism from so-called white allies — the grand jury returned a 4-count indictment against Jake Gardner: manslaughter, first-degree assault, illegal use of a firearm, and terroristic acts.

It was a shock, but one of those shocks that leaves you disappointed. Manslaughter isn’t legally murder. But it does…

James Scurlock didn’t deserve to die. He does deserve justice. Justice he probably won’t receive.

They expect us to riot once the grand jury decision is made public. You already know who they and us are. The Omaha police are on alert. Downtown businesses are afraid of property damage. It was the same excuse Jake Gardner used to murder Scurlock. Right here on Harney Street.

Note: I usually write black in lowercase because I no longer feel the need to tailor my language to an increasingly obsolete grammar guide to get my message across. But from here on out I will capitalize for solidarity’s sake.

The more we hear about Breonna Taylor’s murder, the more it doesn’t make sense. Granted, whenever the victim of a racist system is a Black woman, very little makes sense. How did Sandra Bland end up dead? Why did some gutless good ol’ boys decide to kill Johnnie Mae Chappell, a mother of ten walking home from the grocery store…

This is going to be a left-field analogy, but follow me on this one. The ancient Roman military was a well-oiled machine of effective warfare. There were two types of forces: the legionnaires and the auxiliary.

To be a legionnaire, you had to be a Roman citizen. Non-Romans could serve in the military but only as auxiliary. They may fight alongside the legionnaire, but legionnaires were better trained, had better equipment, and were expected to die for Rome. This was both a political move and a practical one, as Romans did not trust non-Romans to fight for Rome’s best interest…

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I didn’t have a favorite show until I watched Bojack Horseman. Utilizing a tactic often used by Norman Lear, Bojack tackles hard-hitting issues like mental health, generational abuse, and toxic relationships by wrapping its core message around a nonsensical world populated by anamorphic animals and humans. It’s the spoonful of sugar that makes the medicine go down.

The show takes risks with its antihero protagonist, its slapstick humor, its nontraditional storytelling concepts, and its self-reflexive commentary on celebrity and Hollywood culture. …