by Valerie Morales
California Governor Gavin Newsom escaped a political casualty by slithering through a keyhole in the GOP’s latest resurrection fantasy. Newsom will remain governor of the most populous state in the country, at least for one more year when his term ends in 2022. While Newsom tries to…
by Valerie Morales
Ignoring white supremacy while applauding black liberation doesn’t take much talent. Just privilege, denial, and an entitlement culture that normalizes racial angst. For many whites, even the woke set, black liberation is embraced only if its victims have obediently waited their turn.
It perfectly illustrates the problematic…
by Valerie Morales
A year before social distancing ruined us, audiences flocked to a Korean film named Parasite. It was a witty story with a moral question: what do the wealthy deserve? An affluent family and a scheming family provided more than enough wit and contemplation. Because what was slick…
by Valerie Morales
In the anxious weeks before election day, when COVID was an oppressive enemy on the prowl, and professional football was a diversion, black voters stood in line for hours, emboldened by in-state early voting. The recipients of voter suppression endured all kinds of peculiar weather and circumstance…
by Valerie Morales
It was a terse scene on a tinny Georgia night. A loud roar of cheers set the raucous but absurd mood on a piece of land known as the old Troutman field. Sam Hose, the son of a slave, was being executed. His ears first. …
by Valerie Morales
Kent County, Michigan. 52% Biden. 46% Trump. Months before election day, Grand Rapids, Michigan had a Black Lives Matter protest and thousands showed up at Rosa Parks Circle. Yes, the home of Gerald Ford has a Rosa Parks Circle. The crowd marched until they reached GRPD headquarters…
by Valerie Morales
Two years ago when Stacey Abrams lost the governor’s race by only 54,000 votes it was an impressive showing for a woman of color in a state that still clings to Jim Crow values. But, it was hard to celebrate how eerily close she came because of…
by Valerie Morales
Years before Breonna T., and years before Sandra B., and years before Rekia B., and years before my beloved Martha M., I took a Criminal Justice class. It was an upper-division elective and unbeknownst to me the section I signed up for was taught by an extraordinarily…
On November 4th, Trump Will Play The Victim. But Only In These States
by Valerie Morales
Donald Trump’s slash and burn campaign against the United States Post Office, while unprecedented, has achieved its goal of toxicity and confusion. Around the country anxiety, and unease about mail-in voting have shifted the…
by Valerie Morales
Maternal death is an American horror story and a public health crisis that affects black women disproportionately. But why black women die after giving birth or die right before giving birth, is a complicated helix of causations. …
