You Need to Thank Thurgood Marshall
OPINION: Find out why Shade Burgs says the nation owes a debt of gratitude to Thurgood Marshall.
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The Importance of James Baldwin
One does not read Baldwin to escape, but to be awakened — just what 16-year-old Shade Burgs would discover.
All politicians are hypocrites, but if we we’re handing out trophies . . .
OPINION: Living with political hypocrisy is a part of the game, but is still the worst thing ever, says writer Shade Burgs.
We gotta talk about ‘white-on-white crime’
Opinion: Statistics show that "white on white crime" is and always has been equally on par with other races, so why don’t we ever hear about it?
Breaking down big words and overcoming ‘baby talk version of political discourse’
Dumbing down the language is having a deleterious effect on society, says columnist Shade Burgs.
The politics of white fear
Opinion: Shade Burgs explores the "grand spectacle of freedom, democracy" and white identity politics in his latest piece.
This is absolutely, positively not about Langston Hughes
Who knew that words could both pirouette gracefully and land with the impact of a nuclear weapon without having to be dressed in the cumbersome attire of academia?
ICE raids — same song, different beat
With immigration raids and protests taking place in Los Angeles county and elsewhere, Shade Burgs connects the dots.
‘Homegrown criminals’ are next: Beware of Trump’s true intentions
OPINION: Who are the 'homegrown' criminals Trump was talking about wanting to deport this week?
Democrats: We lost — Where is our leadership?
OPINION: Is the Democratic Party doing what it could to shore up its base, or is it wringing its hands and pointing fingers?