I am a writer, journalist, filmmaker, and photographer whose work has appeared in USA Today College, Blavity, Atlanta Black Star, PushBlack, The Salon, AlterNet, Afropunk, and other sites around the net. For the last decade, I have documented major players in Georgia politics as well as cultural and social movements including the Black Lives Matter movement, the Women’s March and more

  • 5 Actors Who Would Be a Perfect Fit to Play Miles Morales in the Upcoming Spider-Man Film Written By Ricky Riley Earlier this year, Marvel Studios and Sony reached a deal that would allow Marvel to produce a Spider-Man film.…

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  • Originally Posted on Blerds.  Written By Ricky Riley Beginning in September, Marvel will be relaunching and introducing new and diverse titles in an initiative it calls “All New, All Different.” The bulk of the new titles will be released in November,…

    6 Major Announcements About Marvel’s ‘All New, All Different’ Relaunch That Has Fans Excited 
  • Published on the Celebritycafe.com 2015 has been a weird year for TV. Empire was the hottest show in the beginning of the year and Game of Thrones is currently the biggest show every time of the year. The irony is…

    The Philosophy of Halt and Catch Fire
  • 2015 will be the beginning of a new age of cinema.  I say this because there will be new Star Wars, Ant-Man, The Avengers, Jupiter Ascending , Mad Max: Fury Road , Jurassic World , Poltergeist , Terminator: Genesis, Crimson Peak, Fantastic Four and many…

    FanBoy Directors to Watch for In 2015
  • Originally Posted on Blerds. Written By Ricky Riley There is a reason Atlanta is called the Empire City of the South. Like New York City, Atlanta has become a cultural center for the arts and entertainment industry. Many celebrities make…

    5 Reasons Atlanta Is the New Hotbed for the Entertainment Industry
  • Originally posted on Dark Matters : This year’s Hugo ballot

  • Just this Wednesday, 2015’s biggest smash hit Empire, had its season finale drawing in 17 million viewers to ever growing viewership. Empire is probably my favorite show of 2015 so far beating out Archer and How to Get Away with…

    Rupert Murdoch and ‘Empire’s’ Hold on Black America
  • Regina King King has had many iconic acting roles in shows like Southland (2009-13) and 227 (1985-90) and in 1990s films like Poetic Justice, Boyz n the Hood, Friday and Jerry Maguire. However, she has also voiced the iconic Huey and Riley Freeman…

    Black Voice Actors
  • I started working at the age of 16 in an attempt to make enough money to buy fast food and go to the movies.  Ever since that young age I have had 10 female superiors in every job that I…

    The Money of Gender Inequality: Capitalism reinforces the gender binary and it can also destroy it
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    #BlackLivesMatter: Riots And Rally Cries