How I stepped away from cycling, lost myself to drugs and alcohol, and came back to a life worth living “I don’t just call you son because you’re mine, I call you Sun because you shine!” my father told me, smiling as he knelt down and bolted on my training…

Through austerity, manufactured consent, and a brutal, well deployed unreality in which the pandemic is but a dusty memory, the state has abandoned us. Will we use the lessons of the last few years to work together towards liberation, especially as new threats unfold? …

TW/CN: This essay discusses suicidal ideation and details the thoughts, feelings, and actions attached to it, suicide, addiction/recovery, and death. I originally posted this on my Substack, and I’m posting here as well. It was never The Plan to be here this long. At numerous points in my life, I’ve…

By Kasai Richardson I’m not sure which happens more frequently: Receiving news that a friend I haven’t seen or been able to reach in a while has died of an overdose, or opening a screen to see the news that a celebrity has suffered that fate. For Kofi. Some people…

As bleak as 2016 may have been for most of us, there was no shortage of truly amazing films to escape to throughout the year. Which brings us to the present, and a struggle that seems to illustrate the Manichean view of good and evil that seems so easy to…

For The Love of the Game Scoring four touchdowns in a 5th grade flag football game, with my dad who’d biked miles to be there waiting for me afterwards with a Gatorade and a Snickers bar is one of my fondest memories of being a kid. I sucked at basketball…

my wallet is black. but my cupholders are really low, so it’s a hard reach for anything. so i’m better off not putting my wallet there. do i film as soon as they come up to my window? or will that unnecessarily antagonize them? are dashcams legal in maryland? am…

Dear friends, family and those I generally care about, There is a lot of buzz on social media and among law enforcement communities about something called St. Patrick’s Day happening today. There’s every indication that this event will occur in city centers across the country. Early reports indicate that bros, frat thugs, young professionals and others with loose morals will be engaging in property destruction, street handies, public screaming, etc..

I’ve been thinking about this photo a lot lately. Obviously, there’s no way Trump magically became slime the day after it was taken. He is one of those trash friends who’s been reckless af throughout your entire friendship, leaving you with the choice of either ghosting or reading them into…