D. Watkins (page 24)

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.

Beto O'Rourke

What Beto O'Rourke gets wrong in his appeal for black votes — and he's not alone D. Watkins

Dapper Dan

What does being fly mean to Dapper Dan? Liberation D. Watkins

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA)

I don't care "how black" Kamala Harris is and neither should you D. Watkins

Colin Kaepernick; Air Max

Colin Kaepernick tanks Betsy Ross's Nike sneaker deal and conservatives are mad D. Watkins

Pete Buttigieg Democratic Debate

Mayor Pete has a problem: How can black voters trust he'll fight for them? D. Watkins

Valerie Jarrett

Valerie Jarrett's leap of faith that started her path to the Obama White House D. Watkins

O.J. Simpson

I read O.J. Simpson's Twitter feed so you don't have to D. Watkins

Kyle Kashuv

I don’t feel bad for Kyle Kashuv losing Harvard: He gets a glimpse of what it’s like to be black D. Watkins

How many more viral cop videos do we need to see? D. Watkins

Pulse Nightclub

Gun industry could face lawsuits from victims and survivors if bill becomes law D. Watkins

David Ortiz

Red Sox legend David Ortiz recovering from surgery after being shot in the Dominican Republic D. Watkins

Linda Fairstein

Ava DuVernay's "When They See Us" sparks backlash against Central Park 5 prosecutor Linda Fairstein D. Watkins

Caleel Harris in

Don't look away from Ava DuVernay's "When They See Us," the most important series on TV now D. Watkins

Kampground of America

Mississippi racist campground debacle: We need to address the roots of white Americans' black fear D. Watkins

D Watkins and Alice Marie Johnson

Alice Marie Johnson: "I was supposed to draw my last dying breath in prison" D. Watkins

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