Category: Prison
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My Top Five Anti-Capitalist Hip-Hop Songs
Hip-hop has a long and storied history, from its humble beginnings in the hood to its current stronghold on global mainstream culture today. These days hip-hop is so mainstream that the Mighty Mighty Roots Crew is the Tonight Show’s house band with Jimmy Fallon. Who knew a music genre created by working-class black and brown…
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The Week In Stories Around the Globe
What will Cuba’s new single currency mean for the island? That means the tourists who typically flock to the island nation’s beaches and city streets to hear Cuban music, enjoy a meal and experience its unique culture likely won’t return until widespread vaccination makes international travel more feasible. Until then, Cubans are left to do…
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Happy “Fucking” New Years!
Farewell 2020! Last year, I reflected on the decade where I was fortunate enough to make 30 plus trips around the sun. One year into the new decade, and I’m looking at the BIG 4-0! If I’m lucky to see 2023! Unfortunately, three hundred thousand plus of my fellow U.S. citizens have perished due to…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
American Sociopath We have a toxic masculinity crisis in America. We have a gun crisis in America. We have a white supremacy problem in America. #MassShootings #thisisamerica #PoliceBrutailty ‘We Feel Safe’: Americans Keep Visiting Mexico Despite Pandemic Risks “We aren’t invincible. Sure you can get infected, but the risk here is much less than in other places,”…
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Letter from a Proud Boy
Dear Evolving Man Project, My name is Jack Asserman. All my friends call me Jac. I’m a proud member of the Proud Boys. I want to thank this ‘race-baiting, I hate whitey’ website for giving a platform to one of the most marginalized groups in the United States, “the white man!” It’s completely okay for…
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On Our Ancestors
Every Election Year As the 2020 Presidential Election sways on, we have the possibility of a new President of the United States. Or the current one that will use the injustice system of the United States to remain in office. (Thanks, checks, and balances). Every two to four years, as a black person, I’ve been…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Cullen Jones
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s “Evolved Man of the Week” profile. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous individual alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the ambassador for USA Swimming Foundation’s “Make a…
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The Evolved Person of the Week: Oluchi Omeoga
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s first-ever “Evolved Person of the Week” profile. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous individual alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the activist, organizer, and co-founder of…
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American Uprising
On Our Own The year 2020 continues to be a time where the world is on fire both figuratively and literally. You’d be silly to think it wasn’t. In the United States, people have finally realized that ‘we the people’ are on our own. No saviors are coming to make everything better. I’m sure the…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The Coronavirus Called America’s Bluff The United States also had an early warning of the new virus—but it, too, suppressed that information. In late January, just as instances of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, began to appear in the United States, an infectious-disease specialist in Seattle, Helen Y. Chu, realized that she had…
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