Stories by Kevin Powell

Kevin Powell's latest book is "Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, and The Ghost of Dr. King: Blogs and Essays," available at lulu.com, iTunes or Amazon/Amazon Kindle. Email him at kevin@kevinpowell.net or follow him on Twitter @kevin_powell. subscribe to Kevin Powell's feed

How Frank Ocean's Same-Sex Love Revelation Liberates Us All

Posted on: Jul 11, 2012, Source: kevinpowell.net

The popular singer's admission that he first fell in love with a man counters America's long history of homophobia and oppression

The Stop-and-Frisk Crisis: How to Criminalize an Entire Generation of Black and Latino Men

Posted on: Jun 14, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Instead of curtailing gun violence in the inner city, stop-and-frisk has only succeeded in marginalizing young males of color.

Made In Our America: Letter to Trayvon Martin

Posted on: Apr 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Reflections on a boy lost too young, and a culture that allowed it to happen.

Kevin Powell: How My 8th-Grade Educated Mother Got Me to College -- And How It Changed My Life

Posted on: Apr 13, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A college education allowed Powell to escape the poverty of his childhood. Now he's striving to keep the college dream alive for kids in similar circumstances.