“Grift’s like anything else, Roy. You don’t stand still. You either go up or down. Usually down, sooner or later.” — Angelica Huston from the movie Grifters (1990) …… The movie The Grifters is a 90s homage to the film noir of the 50s. A sexy thriller the film centres…

Originally published in Sublation Magazine Read it in its entirety and watch the video essay here : https://www.sublationmag.com/post/rodney-king-the-la-riots-and-the-perils-of-police-reform

“Poverty is the worst form of violence.” — Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political and spiritual leader Recently, a post on my social media feed had gotten my attention. I follow one of the local news channels on Facebook, and every now and then some editorial type of post like this shows…

“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.” ― Aristotle I watched Nomadland at the request of a friend. She recommended I watch it, get back to her and we could do a podcast episode on it. She didn’t tell me anything about, and I didn’t know anything about it…

“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.” Today I had to go to the grocery store. It’s now a task I no longer look forward too. Where once I could look forward to the…

The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when they make their tormentors suffer. Laura Hillenbrand I started watching the first Sunday of the 2020 NFL football season with a slight feeling of…

I got my test results back sooner than I expected. This time I didn’t even have the butterflies in my stomach when I went with my co-worker and childhood friend to take the test at the drive through testing place just minutes from the job. But getting that email, I…

I was asked to make a speech for a Juneteenth celebration we were to have at the shelter I work at. On this day of freedoms jubilee, I…

“Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.” ― Vladimir Lenin We are still in lockdown in most of America, and we’re still waiting for a real federal aid package to help us citizens not just the 1%…