The Work Hasn’t Stopped. I’m Just Tired.
I haven’t vanished.
Holler & Hammer
Raised in the South, Holler & Hammer is working-class coverage of North Carolina that hollers from Johnston County to the halls of power.
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Sunday Verses: Karmelo Anthony, Dred Scott, and the Meaning of Justified in America
A poem and essay on Karmelo Anthony, Dred Scott, self-defense, and the long American habit of turning Black fear into guilt.
What They Buried Here: The Hospital They Turned Into a Jail
In 1948, Greensboro built an integrated polio hospital. In 1963, the city filled it with arrested civil rights protesters. A State Highway Patrol memo filed it all under 'racial incidents.
Medicine, Groceries, and the People Politics Forgot
Working people across North Carolina are being forced into impossible choices while both parties fight for labels. Take Back The Dream is trying to organize around what life is actually costing us.
Sunday Verses: HB 1232 - The Death Warrant Hidden in North Carolina’s Fertilization Bill
A blackout poem on HB 1232, North Carolina’s fetal personhood bill, and the post-Dobbs push to turn abortion, miscarriage care, IVF, contraception, doctors, nurses, and women’s healthcare
A Palestinian Muslim Valedictorian Spoke About Dignity. Clayton High Told Her to Stop
Leen Hijaz, a Palestinian Muslim valedictorian at Clayton High, tried to end her graduation speech with a call for humanity. Instead, she was stopped onstage by her principal.
Duke Gets Paid. Working People Get the Bill.
Larry Strickland of Johnston County saved us from Duke rate hikes before and he can do it again.
The Black History of Memorial Day That America Buried
Newly freed Black people in Charleston honored Union dead, exposed the lie of Confederate memory, and taught the country what remembrance should mean.
Sunday Verses: Can’t Rent Trust Come October
The DNC released its 2024 election autopsy after delays and internal pressure. A broadside poem on what it misses about rural North Carolina, Johnston County, and split-ticket voting.
What They Buried Here: Liberty for Me, Chains for Thee
North Carolina still flies May 20th but in the same revolutionary summer, Patriot committees were hunting, whipping, and jailing enslaved Black people who tried to claim freedom for themselves.