Send us Fan Mail Something feels off right now. When rules stop being clear and start feeling like a mood, people notice—and that’s where this conversation begins. I start with a real moment of fear and pull the thread all the way back: how power has always been performed in this country, how conquest got dressed up as “law,” how the Constitution makes promises that don’t land evenly, and how enforcement today feels more discretionary than ever. Speaking from a Black New York perspective—root...