The activist, blogger and DJ who goes by the name “Fumes” has built a large following on Twitter and Tumblr by voicing strong objection to white appropriation of African-American culture, calling out white privilege in all its forms and targeting the fashion industry for what she describes as “Columbusing, colonizing and exploiting” black culture for profit without acknowledging the centuries of suffering, discrimination and exploitation that helped inform black Americans’ unique cultural expressions.
Author Darren Hackett Reveals The Secrets To Self-Publishing Success (Interview w/ Jayar Jackson)
Former journalist and screenwriter Darren Hackett turned to Kickstarter for help in publishing his debut novel, “Antiquity: An LA Crime Novel” and then leveraged social media and insider knowledge of Amazon’s algorithm to drive sales and page views.
Can High-Flying Gyrocopter Pilot Douglas Hughes Get Money Out Of Politics? (Interview w/ Cenk Uygur)
On April 15, 2015, 61-year-old rural mail carrier Doug Hughes grabbed headlines after flying his one-man gyrocopter from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to Washington DC and touching down on the west lawn of the Capitol building, bringing with him 535 letters – one for each member of Congress to draw attention to the pressing need for campaign finance reform.
Birddogging Presidential Candidates To Get Money Out Of Politics (Dan Weeks Interview w/ Cenk Uygur)
OpenDemocracy Executive Director Dan Weeks is helping to lead the charge across New Hampshire – and the nation – to end money’s corrosive effect on our democracy.
Ex-Baltimore Cop Michael Wood Exposes Police Culture Of Corruption & Abuse (Interview w/ Cenk Uygur)
Former U.S. Marine and Baltimore police officer Michael A. Wood, Jr. made headlines when he Tweeted about the abuses he witnessed fellow Baltimore police officers perpetrating. In this interview with The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur Wood reveals the truth behind the “us vs. them” siege mentality pervading urban police forces that leads to a culture of corruption, racism and abuse, and what can be done to bring change for the better to policing in the United States.
A Farking Governor? Fark.com Founder Drew Curtis Seeks Kentucky’s Top Post (Interview w/ Cenk Uygur)
One of the earliest digital entrepreneurs, Drew Curtis built Fark.com into a hugely popular news aggregation site to rival Huffington Post, Drudge Report and Yahoo. Now he’s set his sights on a new challenge: an upstart independent campaign for governor of Kentucky, running on a platform of getting money out of politics, data-driven policy making and adopting best practices from other states’ experiences. Does he really have a chance?
Norman Lear on Archie Bunker, the Christian Right & The “American Way” (w/ Cenk Uygur)
Norman Lear is a living legend, a pioneering TV producer who rewrote the rules for network television with ground-breaking shows like “All in the Family,” “The Jeffersons,” “Maude,” “Sanford and Son” and “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.” He then turned his attention to politics, founding “People for the American Way,” an influential progressive advocacy group defending foundational Constitutional rights including free speech, freedom of religion and equal protection under the law. Now he’s documented his fascinating 90+ years on earth in a new memoir titled “Even This I Get to Experience.”