Chauncey K. Robinson

Chauncey K. Robinson is an award winning journalist and film critic. Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, she has a strong love for storytelling and history. She believes narrative greatly influences the way we see the world, which is why she's all about dissecting and analyzing stories and culture to help inform and empower the people.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Chauncey K. Robinson

U.S.

Angela Davis: “Education must not be sacrificed at the altar of profit”
June 19, 2018 By Chauncey K. Robinson
Capitalism’s version of knowledge may allow us to figure out how to produce more, acquire more, and ultimately destroy more, but it will not give us an ethical sense of our responsibility to living beings.
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U.S.

‘We won’t be silent anymore’: Poor People’s Campaign speaks to Congress
June 14, 2018 By Chauncey K. Robinson
Their aim, as Rev. Barber made clear, was not to get applause, but to make the nation weep at the crisis of poverty in one of the richest countries in the world.
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Culture

‘The Workers Cup’: New documentary tackles soccer and slavery
June 7, 2018 By Chauncey K. Robinson
There’s a bigger game at play here - that of class struggle - and we're part of it in some way, not mere bystanders in the crowd.
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Culture

‘Cargo’: Netflix’s Australian zombie film spotlights Aboriginal talent and struggle
June 1, 2018 By Chauncey K. Robinson
Some of the Aboriginal characters find out that the real fear shouldn’t be of the undead, but of the racist humans left behind.
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Culture

Comic book artists and survivors address gun violence
May 30, 2018 By Chauncey K. Robinson
We live in a world where three of the ten deadliest mass shootings in recent United States history have happened within five months of one another.
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Politics

Social media and the resistance: Tweeter-in-chief Trump can no longer block critics
May 24, 2018 By Chauncey K. Robinson
Since taking office, Trump has used his Twitter account to talk politics, intimidate his political critics, and even to reveal sensitive government information that shouldn’t be so readily shared in the public domain.
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Culture

‘Sorry to Bother You’: A darkly comedic condemnation of capitalism
May 17, 2018 By Chauncey K. Robinson
Whether intentionally or not, "Sorry to Bother You" reflects the feelings of a whole generation about life under capitalism.
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Culture

Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Barracoon’ is a powerful posthumous act of resistance
May 11, 2018 By Chauncey K. Robinson
"If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.”—Zora Neale Hurston
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