Rage is fine as long as it doesn't deteriorate into bitterness.

To live is to wrestle with despair, yet never allow despair to have the last word.

I think hip-hop can be prophetic and progressive, and at the same time, the dominant forms tend to be homophobic, misogynistic and something that we need to critically call into question.

Drew Dellinger is one of the most creative, courageous and prophetic poets of his generation. I love his spirit. Don't miss him!

To be an intellectual really means to speak a truth that allows suffering to speak.

Part of the popularity with Louis Farrakhan has less to do with the content of his message and more to do with the form that he portrays himself - as being a free, black person who speaks what is on his mind with boldness and fearlessness. Who is willing to pay the consequences.

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public