Zito Madu

is a writer living in Detroit.

New York Police Department officers detain dozens of pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University after they barricaded themselves at the Hamilton Hall building near Gaza Solidarity Encampment earlier in New York, United States on April 30, 2024.

The Week That Student Journalists Put the Rest of the Media to Shame The Week That Student Journalists Put the Rest of the Media to Shame

Young reporters at WKCR showed what real journalism is all about while their cable news counterparts were uncritically passing along propaganda.

May 3, 2024 / Zito Madu

How Stephen A. Smith Got His Revenge

How Stephen A. Smith Got His Revenge How Stephen A. Smith Got His Revenge

His memoir, Straight Shooter—a reflection on his life, his victories, and his defeats—gives an inside look into how the ESPN personality remade sports journalism in his image.

Sep 14, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Zito Madu

The Myth of the Knicks

The Myth of the Knicks The Myth of the Knicks

In Chris Herring's recent history of the New York basketball team, we get a behind-the-scenes look at the sports commentariat's fixation on grit and toughness.

Dec 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Zito Madu

The Radical World of Chicago’s Black Comic Artists

The Radical World of Chicago’s Black Comic Artists The Radical World of Chicago’s Black Comic Artists

An anthology of Black comic book makers from the the postwar era offers a glimpse into a genre of art that skewered the bigotry of white liberalism.  

Nov 23, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Zito Madu

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