Silence. I stare at my computer for days after my editor asked me to write this piece with this title. It is blank, save the words at the top of the page. That is because […]
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‘Rev. Jesse Jackson Changed My Life’ – Kevin Powell
I knew it was coming, because he had been sick for some time. But I still sighed, heavily, when I woke in the wee hours of Tuesday morning to learn the Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. had died at age 84. Gone in this […]
Malcolm X’s 100th: Kevin Powell Interviews Spike Lee for Newsweek Cover Story
In remembering human rights activist Malcolm X, whose 100th birthday is May 19, GRAMMY-nominated poet and writer Kevin Powell interviews Malcolm X filmmaker Spike Lee for Newsweek’s May 23, 2025, cover story available both digitally […]
