Third Time’s a Charm
“The greatest gift of privilege is the luxury of ignoring misfortune.” A striking work of creative nonfiction, draped in the echoes of William Yeats’ “The…
Racism
What’s at Stake, Part Two
In part two of a three-part series, the editorial staff of Across The Margin examines exactly what is at stake in the pivotal 2020 United…
Barberism
While offering no authentic cure from the pervasive bigotry pulsating throughout the nation, an artisan crafts his own way to stand up to hate and…
What Can I Say?
An essay contemplating America’s systematic racism, while the “leader” of the free world foments hatred, sows division, and empowers evil, and the wounds of George…
Support The Protestors
Across The Margin stands emphatically with the Black Lives Matter community and social movement… Throughout the United States, and for the entirety of its existence,…
For Your Consideration: Sorry To Bother You
Snubbed by The Academy: Celebrating Boots Riley’s Sorry To Bother You as the Best Picture released in 2018… by: Michael Shields I make every effort…
Meeting The Creature
by: Jim Snowden A chance encounter, an unconscionable racial bias, and a search for a craftsman to bring to life demonic creatures, all part of…
Chances Are
by: Eduardo Cordeiro A potent op-ed concerning the treatment of immigrants in the United States by Eduardo Cordeiro, the author of The Rapist, The Terrorist,…
Podcast – Beyond The Margin: The Realness With WNYC’s Mary Harris
Beyond The Margin introduces you to The Realness, an exploration of the life and death of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy, with an interview with WNYC’s Mary…
The Encounter
by: Frederick Foote A work of fiction, inspired by a distressing current event, where a man finds strength in a place where life and death…
Another Day in Trump’s America
by: Michael Shields In the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, and in consideration of the response of the current administration, President Trump’s role in…
Stanny Couldn’t Make It
by: Jim Snowden A theatrical production’s make believe racism comes face to face with its real-world counterpart, spilling off the screen with deadly results… Excerpted…