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In his body of work, Hank Willis Thomas (b. 1976) spotlights the impact of mass criminalization on Black communities in the United States. In Strike (2018), Thomas represents the cyclical violence and resistance inherent in the way Black communities are policed. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Hank Willis Thomas, Strike
Warning: Rant Ahead
Today is the final day of a two-day strike by NYC cab drivers in protest of a city order that they install credit-card readers and global-positioning systems in their vehicles. Oh my, the poor babies. In retaliation, the cabs that are still on the street are charging double their zone rates for all fares. As far as I’m concerned, anybody who pays that jacked-up fare is an idiot and all the striking cabdrivers can bite me.