Smoke KingsNate Evers, a young black political activist, struggles with rage as his people are still being killed in the streets 62 years after Emmett Till. When his little cousin is murdered, Nate shuns the graffiti murals, candlelight vigils, and Twitter hashtags that are commonplace after these senseless deaths. Instead, he leads 3 grief stricken friends on a mission of retribution, kidnapping the descendants of long ago perpetrators of hate crimes,

Amari's plate is full

The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy

Here is a story that everyone should know

Derrick Barnes's smooth

that's what she tells her increasingly distant circle of friends

A bar fight turns fatal

and beyond--and an evocative meditation on belonging

Lyrics from Blade's songs (and interspersed references to songs from Lenny Kravitz

but for whom the UK feels like home

and even under the sea

or if she might be its greatest threat

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an immigration policy that has provided relief to thousands of undocumented children