Black History Month is a moment to look backwards, but also to assess how what’s come before influences where we are now. For proof that the past lives in the present, look no further than the news earlier this year that prisons in Florida, North Carolina and other states had banned inmates from reading The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander’s influential book about race and the evolution of mass incarceration. Though some bans were overturned, it goes to show that history can be a powerful thing — so powerful that some would have knowledge restricted. Read More...
Former lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and lyricist for the alternative rock band Three Days Grace. He became the founder of the rock band Saint Asonia in 2015; he has served as their guitarist and main vocalist.
Before Fame He formed the band Groundswell in high school with future members of Three Days Grace.
Trivia He collaborated with Apocalyptica on 2007's Worlds Collide and Art of Dying on 2011's Vice and Virtues.
Family Life He married longtime girlfriend and high school sweetheart Naomi Faith Brewer in 2004. Read More...
September 21, 2016 1:33 PM EDT
In case anyone needed an extra incentive to vote in this fall’s presidential election, Avengers director Joss Whedon has enlisted a bevy of celebrities and the possibility of a Mark Ruffalo nude scene to urge people to vote.
In a video campaign for his PAC titled “Save the Day,” A-list celebrities such as Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore rub shoulders with small screen stars like Matt McGorry, Jesse Williams and Neil Patrick Harris to encourage Americans to vote this November. Read More...
