25 Fall
2024

Tawana Petty: Alchemizing Violence 

Purveyors of violence  Do not goad us into peace  They distribute ammunition In biometric vending machines They coerce cult retribution Erode all sensibilities Oblivious to the Frankensteins Alchemized inside their… Read More

Laura Bailey Brandon: Island

For thousands of years you were a sacred place to the Anisshanabee.  A marshy peninsula hugged by the clear waters of a mighty river.  An entry point for those passing… Read More

kim d. hunter: when

when you blame yourself for bills and bad actors that flood your living space on the regular, that seep through holes in your pocket as the robots of repossession block… Read More

So Much Bad News

Sometimes, when you get so much bad news you struggle to sort through it. What should be prioritized, what’s the point? Do I choose to report on the lady whose… Read More

Be A lover Coloring Page

Printable coloring page! Please print it, color it, share it, and tag Riverise! Konstance Patton Ke-nee-go-keshek is an Indigenous American Artist, Muralist, Designer, and Oral Historian working between Detroit, Michigan,… Read More

Goliath Brown

 Never knew equality after being subjected to prejudices spent worldwide. Chocolate, mahogany, sienna, hazel or olive, my actions have always been typified by the darkness of my skin. Perceived as… Read More

RESTLESS DEFIANCE 

Yes  we are nervous  about tomorrow,  about the future.  Yes we care, and we carry the load.  Yes we are insistent on a better world  because we know it exists. … Read More

Song for Weelaunee

As helicopters chopped the sky above our heads and tear gas drifted on the breeze, police blocked an entrance to the massive law enforcement training facility they’re determined to build… Read More

A Police Department with a City

  Illustration by Amanda Matyas   Israel has been called “not a country with an army, but an army with a country.” The proliferation of military equipment, tactics and culture… Read More