Graylan Scott Hagler, Author at Word In Black

Two women hug at a makeshift memorial in the area where Alex Pretti was shot dead by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 26, 2026. On January 24, federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, while scuffling with him on an icy roadway in Minneapolis, less than three weeks after an immigration officer fired on Renee Good, also 37, killing her in her car. US President Donald Trump blamed their deaths on Democratic "chaos," as his administration faced intensifying pressure over its mass immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking Things: A Proposal of Resistance

by Graylan Scott Hagler January 26, 2026January 26, 2026

Black Protestors march in the second "No Kings" protest on October 18, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.

We Need More Political Atheists

by Graylan Scott Hagler October 24, 2025October 24, 2025

legal or law book with first amendment freedom of speech, religion, assemble, press and petition from Bill of Rights 1791 focused in closeup of explanation

The First Amendment as a Racist Weapon

by Graylan Scott Hagler September 25, 2025September 25, 2025

An exhibit of a slave cabin at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Cultur

American History Is Black History: We Will Not Be Erased

by Graylan Scott Hagler September 18, 2025September 19, 2025

(From L-R) US Associate Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito, Jr., Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.

The Supreme Court Is Not Our Protection

by Graylan Scott Hagler September 15, 2025September 15, 2025

Crime scene tape is visible throughout the scene where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot during an event at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah.

Racism, Rhetoric, and Charlie Kirk: A Reality We Can’t Ignore

by Graylan Scott Hagler September 11, 2025September 17, 2025