JOURNALISM FROM ROSA CLEMENTE

Speaking Truth To Power

Eyewitness: The Sean Bell Verdict

Eyewitness: The Sean Bell Verdict

[highlight] * Policemen are institutionalized to fear Black men * Every day, I fear that my husband, a Black man won't come home because of NYPD * We need a national movement against police brutality [/highlight]   A few hours after three New York City police...

All Eyes on Her

All Eyes on Her

The Source sexual harassment trial vindicates Kim Osorio to the tune of $15.5 million. Interview by Rosa Clemente On October 24, Kimberly Osorio, The Source's editor in chief from 2002 to 2005, won $15.5 million in a workplace lawsuit against the hip-hop monthly....

What Does Jesus Look Like?

What Does Jesus Look Like?

I was raised in the Catholic Church. From the moment I was placed under this religious institution, I was put in a situation where my savior would never look like me. For me Jesus Christ was a white men with blond hair and blue eyes. Much of my high-school years were...

Rockefeller’s Rocky Road

Rockefeller’s Rocky Road

A hip hop activist argues that the proposed revisions to New York's draconian drug laws don't come close to constituting meaningful reform. [blockquote]    "We should be ashamed of ourselves. Rockefeller drug reform – ha! – I don't think so." – State Sen. Thomas Duane...