D. Watkins (page 30)

Twitter: @dwatkinsworld

D. Watkins is an Editor at Large for Salon. He is also a writer on the HBO limited series "We Own This City" and a professor at the University of Baltimore. Watkins is the author of the award-winning, New York Times best-selling memoirs “The Beast Side: Living (and Dying) While Black in America”, "The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir," "Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised: A Memoir of Survival and Hope" as well as "We Speak For Ourselves: How Woke Culture Prohibits Progress." His new books, "Black Boy Smile: A Memoir in Moments," and "The Wire: A Complete Visual History" are out now.

Sue Bird

Respect Sue Bird's genius pass: WNBA star's play deserves the same buzz as her ESPN Body Issue cover D. Watkins

Elvis Presley in the army.

Documentary "The King": "The American people are Elvis. They have been hoodwinked" D. Watkins

Tattered American Flag; Barbed Wire Fence

Celebrate the Fourth — while we can! Democracy is crumbling but there's a cookout at my place D. Watkins

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Dear Sarah Huckabee Sanders: You got what you deserved — but there's still time to change D. Watkins

Five Generations of an enslaved African American family born on the plantation of JJ Smith.

From slavery to "Indian schools" to internment camps, family separation is nothing new in America D. Watkins

Michael K. Williams

How Michael K. Williams brought Omar and Leonard to life: "We're all just one big mess underneath" D. Watkins

Baltimore Police Corruption Trial

Wayne Jenkins, Baltimore's dirtiest cop, is sentenced: It still doesn't feel like justice D. Watkins

Bucks Sterling Brown Arrest

Lessons from Sterling Brown's arrest: Bodycams don't deter racist cops D. Watkins

Retta

Retta on why she's "So Close to Being the S**t, Y'all Don't Even Know" D. Watkins

Stacey Abrams

Debt, jail and government cheese: Stacey Abrams thinks she can turn Georgia blue by getting real D. Watkins

“This is America” by Childish Gambino

"This Is America" roundtable: Is Donald Glover a genius? D. Watkins

Britain Royal Wedding

Racism and the royal wedding: How Harry and Meghan could move global race relations forward D. Watkins

Franchesca Ramsey

In conversation with MTV's Franchesca Ramsey: On life as an "accidental activist" D. Watkins

Beck Hammon

The NBA is ready for a woman head coach, and Becky Hammon is ready for the job D. Watkins

Yes, "This Is America": Donald Glover makes us confront our country's violent horrors D. Watkins

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