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NIGHT CRAWLERS Words by Carrie Stetler | Images by Akintola Hanif Share QXT's, which bills itself as “New Jersey’s #1 alternative dance club,’’ looks...
BLACK ASS MANIFESTO Words by Liza Jessie Peterson | Image by Akintola Hanif Share THE ASS The Black Woman’s ass commands great power and has historically been...
WHITE OUT Words by Carrie Stetler | Images by Akintola Hanif Share When Lt. Jason Hiecke used to wear his National Socialist Movement uniform in public, most...
CARNIVAL DE RUA: Sadness has no end. Happiness does. Words by Nafeesah Allen | Images by Marcelo Santos Braga Share Every year, hundreds of thousands of...
INTOLERANT Words by Darnell L. Moore | Images by Akintola Hanif Share I stood on the steps of Newark City Hall about to address the crowd. I had been invited...
BULLETPROOF LOVE Words by fayemi shakur | Images by Akintola Hanif Share “The opposite of poverty is not wealth… In too many places, the opposite of...
ME LOVE YOU LONG TIME Words by fayemi shakur l Images by selected artists: Mariko Passion, Teresa Nasty, Skowmon Hastanan, Isauro Cairo, Anjali Bargava, Swati...
HOTTENTOT VENUS: The Sarah Baartman Story Words by fayemi shakur l Image by Akintola Hanif & BaJa Ukweli Share Sarah Baartman was born in 1789. Working as a...
GHETTO GAGGERS: A Nation Can Rise No Higher Than It's Women Words by Jamel Shabazz | Image source ghettogaggers.com Share One day, I Googled negative terms for...
REST IN POWER: The Newark Anti-Violence Coalition Words by fayemi shakur | Images by Akintola Hanif Share Returning violence for violence multiplies violence,...
QUIET WOMEN DON'T MAKE HISTORY Words by fayemi shakur l Images by Phillis Kwentoh Share Developing a sense of identity can be challenging for young Nigerian...
SUBWAY SHELTER Words and Images by Whitney Summer Boyd Share I knelt down beside the old man sleeping on the station floor. The ground was so cold, I felt the...
(1)NE DROP Words by Yaba Blay | Images by Noelle Theard Share Do you know Blackness when you see it? I always thought I did. I thought I could spot a Black...
BT: THE LAST DAYS Words by Carrie Stetler | Images by Akintola Hanif Share Before and during the 2009 demolition of Baxter Terrace projects in Newark, NJ, ...
OPEN: An Erotic Journey Words by fayemi shakur | Images by Akintola Hanif, George Pitts, Timothy Ivy, Sara Banevedes and Saddi Khali Share When I first...
CRAZYLAND: Occupy Wall Street Words by fayemi shakur | Images by Akintola Hanif Share Mainstream media has attempted to minimize the importance of the Occupy...
PINKSICK: THE INCREDULOUS MR. WONDERS Words by Michael A. Gonzales l Images by Shah Wonders Share Having grown up listening to the aural science fiction of...
RA UBASTI: Fangsmith Words by Carrie Stetler | Images by Akintola Hanif Share Ra has been wearing fangs since high school and sometimes dresses like the Queen...
JUST TO GET BY Words by Kenneth Miles | Images by Akintola Hanif Share Weed smokers don’t have to worry about getting arrested anymore, and they no longer...
--Interview by fayemi shakur LEI SKYE Model, student I BE: My nickname used to be Sunshine but now I’m just Lei. Sometimes people call me Skye though. My...
YELLOW: Trevor "Yellowman" Banton As told to Akintola Hanif | Images by Akintola Hanif Share My great friend, Trevor Franklyn Banton, a.k.a Yellowman, was shot...
WHO SHOT YA: The Life and Art of Ernie Paniccioli Words by Michael A. Gonzales | Images by Ernie Paniccioli Share Since returning to Brooklyn after being...
DERELICT Words and Images by Akintola Hanif Share Back in the day that's what we used to call them, derelicts. Then while I was working on my book (still in...
HOLIDAY As told to fayemi shakur | Images by Akintola Hanif Share Holiday AKA HotShot Holly is a self-described chameleon, an adaptor, a hustler. His business...
THE DEFINITION Words by Carrie Stetler | Images by Akintola Hanif Share The Definition’s gravity-defying workouts look like a cross between performance art,...
LONDON BURNING: Before the Riots Words by Carrie Stetler | Images by Robin Maddock Share Photographer Robin Maddock couldn’t have predicted the riots that...
RICHARD MAITLAND: Still Life Words by fayemi shakur | Images by Richard Maitland Share Richard Maitland doesn’t take photos that scream for attention. Still,...
LITTLE MONSTERS Words by Carrie Stetler | Images by Akintola Hanif Share The irony of Lady Gaga's little monsters is that by being someone else, they can truly...
}STEEL & VELVET: AKINTOLA HANIF AND JAMEL SHABAZZ Words by fayemi shakur Share “When I first saw Back in The Days on a shelf at Scrap Yard, a graffiti based...
BEAUTIFUL Words by Carrie Stetler | images by Akintola Hanif Share Aiesha, 35, was slashed from her abdomen to her face when two female attackers broke into...
EVERY DAY'S OURS Words and images by Akintola Hanif Share To me, ain’t no such thing as Father's Day. Everyday is Mother's & Father's Day and acknowledging...
BLACK HIROSHIMA: A Time After Crack Words by Micheal A. Gonzales | Images by Akintola Hanif Share Growing-up in Harlem during the pre-crack era of the 1970s,...
LOU GRAB: Luis Rivera, Jr.Words and images by Akintola Hanif Share Luis Rivera Jr. was a great friend to me and one of the stars of my still unedited...
THE LAST DAYS: The Doomsday Campers Words by fayemi shakur | Images by Akintola Hanif Share May 21, 2011 is Judgment Day, according to a group of Christians...
FOREVER BEGINS: TAHA CLAYTON Words by Michael A. Gonzales | Images by Akintola Hanif Share Dressed in black boots, jeans and an applejack hat, Toronto native...
RUSSELL FREDERICK: The Royal We Words by Carrie Stetler | Images by Russell Frederick Share In Russell Frederick’s photos, everyday people become kings and...
