Texas is enacting a law that requires all fetal remains - from both abortions and miscarriages to have a funeral. A federal judge blocked the order, until a ruling can be made on the lawsuit reproductive rights groups have put forth to stop the law from going into place. The effect of the law is quite clear in that it’s meant to both shame women from having abortions, and also make the process prohibitively costly.
Read MoreWhy is Trump the only person "telling it like it is?" Where are all the good folks out there? You step up.
Read MoreYou Can't Die Here | Epsisode 1: Older siblings hate it when you steal their junk food. But when Richard’s forced to make a run to Trader Joe’s for cookies, he meets a different sort of kin.
Read More#ThrowbackThursday Wanna know how it all started? The very first major film production I've done came after the murder of #MikeBrown. He grew up in the same part of town as me. He was the same age as my little brother - it just hit too close to home for me not to do something. So I did. Here's one of the first videos I did to announce "You Can't Die Here." It was a webseries that focused on exploring the issues surround police violence.
Read MoreBashar Al-Assad's forces have all but retaken Aleppo. However, as both rebels and non-combatants alike attempt to flee Assad's forces, the Syrian dictator - emboldened by Russia's military - refuses to show mercy.
Read More#MannequinChallenge accepted. Shoutouts to John John & Erin tying the knot!
Read MoreSo I arrive in St. Louis, late - but all good. And then Trump nominates former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson to Secretary of State. So I have to show the story of Rex & the $500 Billion Deal.
Read MoreDerrick Langenekert tells about how he started Alpha Brewing Company, one of St. Louis' most popular micro-breweries.
Read MoreOk, remember Rosemary’s Baby? The biggest terror in that horror film was to quintessentially put the audience in the perspective of a woman living in the 1960’s. Seriously. She and audience knew that something was wrong, but when she spoke up? Everyone called her crazy. That’s how Hillary Clinton probably feels right now.
Read MoreBarely a week after activists stave off Construction of DAPL, the Belle Fourche pipeline spilled 176,000 gallons into the Ash Coulee Creek - just 150 miles away from the water protectors’ encampment. So.. How safe are those pipelines again?
Read MoreWhen all 17 Of the US' intelligence agencies confirm that Russian did indeed deliberately hack into both the DNC and RNC emails, as well as added to the litany of fake news stories circulating the web in the months leading up to the election - you have to just take pause.
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After 20 years in prison, Sharon Richardson, and fellow activist, Chandeerah Davis, created Just Soul Catering, a company that employs and empowers formerly incarcerated women. Here is their story.
Read MoreSo on my way to my flight back home - I fell into the best possible situation. Just another New York Story..
Read MorePresident Obama announced Wednesday that an additional 44 companies have taken the equal pay pledge initiated by the White House.
Read MoreWelp, Time Magazine declared Donald L. Trump as their person of the year, stating that “It’s hard to measure the scale of his disruption.” Hmph.. Sure. It’s hard to get a hook on their choice, whether it was a sloppy attempt at normalization, or a subversive critique wrapped up in the print media equivalent of clickbait.
Read MoreThe US Army Corps of Engineers announced Sunday that it has rejected the permits for DAPL to be built through land sacred to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. In reality, it took the largest gathering of Native American tribes in history, just to get the pipeline rerouted. Also, the activists are still staying. The fight’s not over just yet.
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