Today, a grand jury in Staten Island declined to bring charges against Daniel Pantaleo, the police officer who put Eric Garner in a choke hold and killed him. Last week in Ferguson, another grand jury ...

Situated within the current context of police brutality, for-profit prisons, and excessive incarceration rates, Am Johal sits down with educator, writer, and public scholar, Walidah Imarisha.

Co-editors Walidah Imarisha and Adrienne Brown (Illustration by Andy Friedman) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for ...

“I HAVE ALWAYS been into superheroes and comic books,” says Walidah Imarisha when we meet up at Coffeehouse-Five on N Killingsworth. Perhaps best known for her writing (everything from poetry to ...

Walidah Imarisha spoke Tuesday at the third annual Governing for Racial Equity conference in Northeast Portland (Photo courtesy of Portland's Office of Equity and Human Rights). "How many people have ...

Writer and activist Walidah Imarisha. Credit: Yes! Magazine. A grand jury in Staten Island recently declined to bring charges against Daniel Pantaleo, the police officer who put Eric Garner in a choke ...

Writer, activist and broadcaster Walidah Imarisha presents the untold story of black sci-fi and its vital role in redefining the present and imagining the future. Writer, activist and broadcaster ...

Writer and educator Walidah Imarisha was in high school when she attended a protest at the University of Oregon that first taught her about incarceration reform. She learned of the protest through her ...