After the up-and-coming rapper got the National fired up, we sat down with Bri Steves to find out what motivates her in her nonstop climb to the top. The National was packed out the last day of November as hundreds of people lined up to see performances by singers...
“Trump Will Not Last Forever. My Art Will”: Catching Up With Artist Asiya al-Sharabi
We last spoke with artist Asiya al-Sharabi in October of 2017. Her mixed-media series, Trumperie, which we highlighted in our previous article, seems more relevant now than ever. That series of artworks explores what it means to be an immigrant during Donald Trump's...
A Satirical Masquerade: The Art of Massa Lemu
According to artist Massa Lemu, it is the year of the dupe. Lemu describes election season in his home country, Malawi, as a time of trickery and deceit, during which the elite makes their way to the ground from their “ivory towers,” as Lemu puts it. While he isn’t...
Activism At 16: Stephanie Younger Shows The Way
When people look at iconic activists like Audre Lorde, Maya Angelou, Huey P. Newton or Malcolm X, they must remember that they, at one point, were inexperienced, young, starry-eyed and hungry for change. Many don’t get to see the birth of an activist, but I’ve had the...
What Happens When A VCU Employee Calls Security On A Black Professor
There’s been a recent, yet not new, trend in people calling the police on black. Whether it be for falling asleep in their own dorm, brushing their backpack up against a white woman in a store accidentally, waiting for a business meeting in Starbucks, or having a...
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