Soweto (Lockdown Day 82)
Welcome to Day 82 of the South African lockdown. It's both freezing-cold and raining in Joburg -- a very rare occurrence. It's also Youth Day, a South African public holiday commemorating the 1976 student [...]
How My 72-Year-Old Dad Got Arrested at a Protest Against Police Brutality
On Saturday evening my father, Tenney Mason, was in downtown Baltimore (my home city in the U.S.) attending ArtScape, a local arts festival. A group of #Afromation and #BlackLivesMatter demonstrators walked past, and Dad [...]