creative works

DOCUMENTARIES

• Pulling Heaven from the Sky: An Orisa in the Ghetto Experience

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COVID-19 COVERAGE

• Italian PM works to avoid another nationwide lockdown as Covid-19 infections rise

• Italy rolls back restrictions in the wake of sharp uptick of Covid-19 cases

• EU residents explore Italy, take advantage of tourism bans.

• Italy moves to phase two of Covid-19 quarantine, eases some restrictions

• Italy prepares for 'a very long battle' with coronavirus pandemic

• US fast tracks to become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic

• La Zona Rossa Diaries | The death of Italy's tourism during the coronavirus crisis.

• China still battles to alleviate coronavirus cases

• Doctors told to purchase protective equipment at Home Depot, offered limited information by feds as covid-19 infection cases increase

• La Zona Rossa Diaries: Stocking the shelves

• Italy halts all outdoor activity, save for pharmacies and grocery stores

• La Zona Rossa Diaries: Black, American and quarantined in Italy

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

• What freedom looks like on a homestead

• Reaping the rewards of a Renaissance: Black business owners in Inglewood keep doors open in spite of city's gentrification

• Started by Charleston residents honoring Black Civil War soldiers, Memorial Day is an American holiday using African customs

• Allison James-Frison of Girls; Live Love Laugh gives young women the space to bloom.

• Artists, the last disrupters in Oakland

• Salt on Old Wounds: Plans sour to memorialize 100-year-old remains in Sugarland, Texas

• Women of Sudan's Diaspora channels ancient mothers to keep fires of revolution burning

• Black-owned cannabis company sources from family farm

• Fine dining chef collective conjures complex meals over top conversations a pop-up

• Black liberation in relief aid: Social change for one group meant self-sustainability during a natural disaster

• Irish and undocumented

• Namesakes: A tale of two Africatowns

• Reaping the rewards of a Renaissance: Black business owners in Inglewood keep doors open in spite of city's gentrification

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HIGHLIGHTED PODCASTS

• Black professors address white female academics who stole Black women's identities

• #ADOS​, the movement, reparations and demands during a major election year

• Radicals, insurgents raid the Capitol Building to stop certification of electoral votes

• Win, lose or draw: Tezlyn Figaro files lawsuit against Our Revolution

• Entrepreneurs of color must create new business model says Kelly Burton

• Definition of a B-Girl: Seven minutes with Roxanne Shante

• A seat at the table: An interview with emcee-turned-political- candidate Dupree 'Doitall" Kelly

• Home of the Free: Sweetwyrdness tap into the eclectic and beautiful

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THINK PIECES

• Three Cities, Three Gentrifications

• The Nipsey Hussle Edition Introduction

• How a seasonal job at Bloomingdale's helped me come full circle as an NYU professor

• Adjunct faculty, Walmart workers of education

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FEATURES

• Taking on Goliaths, investigative reporter reflects on his journey

• TV and film editor started her career at 40, never regrets the wait

• Serving and sipping tea: Georgina Bailey made cannabis-infused teas for sister with cancer then started a company

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POETRY, SHORT STORIES & ESSAYS

Bits & Pieces of My Truth