The Second Amendment comes from the right to protect themselves from slave revolts, and from uprisings by Native Americans. A revolt from people who were stolen from their land or revolt from people whose land was stolen from, that's what the genesis of the Second Amendment is.

New Orleans is a city whose basic industry is the service industry. That's why it makes its money. That's - it brings people to the city. People come to the city and experience the wonders of this extraordinary city and everything else. The question is that, how do we create jobs which are the jobs that have pay, that - living wages?

I try to find hope in struggle and resistance in small places as much as I can.

In The Black Power Mixtape , you hear the voice of Angela Davis - not someone playing Angela Davis.

Lethal Weapon 2 used the platform to talk about the apartheid system. That was a very important moment for us.

The exceptionalism of a black U.S. President is not important to me. It's what he does - and who he has at the table.

Popular literature and culture used to reflect people's aspirations, pain, and passion. All those particular things are no longer available to us.