Mustafa Ali, Author at Word In Black

Close-up of person painting a protest signs on cardboard

Big Green Has Always Been White. Now the Erasure Is Intentional

by Mustafa Ali December 4, 2025December 4, 2025

Khalil Wallace, 3, of Detroit waits while his father, Al Wallace, 41, votes at Detroit Fire Department - Station 44 in Detroit, Michigan on November 5, 2024.

When We Vote

by Mustafa Ali November 7, 2025November 7, 2025

Black Hands That Built the White House

by Mustafa Ali October 29, 2025October 30, 2025

People attend the Justice or Else! rally on Capitol Hill in Washington on October 10, 2015. The rally commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March which took place on October 16, 1995.

We The People — From the Million Man March to No Kings

by Mustafa Ali October 17, 2025October 17, 2025

U.S. Constitution with Cracks "Democracy is not defended in courtrooms alone; it is defended in living rooms, classrooms, barbershops, and on the corner where neighbors gather to tell the truth," writes Dr. Mustafa Ali.

Troops, Tanks, and Total Control: Is This the New America?

by Mustafa Ali October 9, 2025October 9, 2025

Battery full, half full, empty

The Sacrificed

by Mustafa Ali October 1, 2025October 1, 2025

This Fall, Don’t Let Your Climate Power Slip Away

by Mustafa Ali September 22, 2025September 22, 2025

Slave trader's business in Atlanta, Georgia, 1864. George N. Barnard,

When a President Tries to Whitewash Slavery

by Mustafa Ali August 20, 2025August 20, 2025