Michael Harriot

5 days ago | contrabandcamp.com | Michael Harriot

Every Friday, we reach into our mailbag to answer emails, comments, DMs and messages. This week, we decided that it was time for a few uncomfortable conversations with our readers. ContrabandCamp is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. From: LaceySubject: I told you so? As a white person who is married to a Black man who is a huge fan of your work, I have learned so much from you.

6 days ago | contrabandcamp.com | Michael Harriot

This article appeared on NegusWhoRead on Jan. 31, 2017. Waaay back in the days of 2016, before the Chester the Pussy Molester flooded the Oval Office with white nationalists and alt-right advocates, there was this group called “Black Lives Matter.” I know it’s hard to think back that far before the Nazis took over the executive branch of the government, but trust me, it’s true. Black Lives Matter had a simple goal — to fight state violence against Black bodies.

1 week ago | contrabandcamp.com | Michael Harriot

“This is why we can’t advance as a people.”“Y’all some haters. I bet you were listening to Jamal Lyon when you texted this BS.” “Nah, I was bumpin’ Ashley Banks’ CD. You probably thought Bookman should’ve beat Michael Evans in the Good Times talent show.”This is just a small sampling of the musical critiques that have filled my group chat over the past few days. The argument centered around the musical prodigy whose character served as the main protagonist for the movie Sinners.

1 week ago | contrabandcamp.com | Michael Harriot

On Thursday, the Harvard Kennedy School announced that I had received the 2024–2025 David Nyhan Prizes for Public Policy Journalism.

1 week ago | contrabandcamp.com | Michael Harriot

When Donald Trump finally makes America great again, the Constitution will be a quaint relic from a bygone era. In Trump’s America, anyone who protests our magnificent monarch will be deported to foreign prisons where we outsource cruel and unusual punishment to our international incarceration partners in crime. Future generations of Black children will dismiss their grandparents’ tall tales of the good old days when citizens enjoyed free speech and the right to assemble.