News
Former prosecutor acquits 3 cops accused of falsifying reports in Laquan McDonald shooting
Chicago officers David March, Joseph Walsh, and Thomas Gaffney have just been acquitted of felony... more
Entertainment
The excellence of Black Hollywood doesn’t need to be validated by mainstream awards
It's time we value award shows like the NAACP Image Awards and the relatively new African-American Film Critics Association Awards.
Word
“Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to live in a world without cisgender heterosexual people after all.”
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Black men need to abandon “pimp” culture and support Black women sex workers
Not only do we view Black women doing sex worker as stepping out of the bounds of gendered respectability but also as stepping out of the bounds of racial respectability.
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I’m tired of watching white men get away with sexual violence against Black men
We cannot ignore the genocidal consequences that happen when rape culture and racism overlap.
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In defense of The Gay Agenda: Reimagining life without cis-heteros
By J.R. Yussuf I first heard about the gay agenda roughly 3 years ago, even though I have been a bisexual man for much longer. Apparently, the gay agenda is a mission... more
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Black excellence?: How a school abused Black students & got fame for sending them to Ivy Leagues
By Kevin Clay The culture of physical and emotional abuse, blackmailing, and the intellectual sabotage of students recently uncovered at the T.M. Landry school in... more
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Cyntoia Brown’s clemency is a glimmer of hope for Black girls and the ones who protect them
Like many of the women interviewed and discussed in 'Surviving R. Kelly', almost every person and certainly every system failed Cyntoia Brown
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‘Surviving R. Kelly’: It takes a village to fail a child
What 'Surviving R. Kelly' clarifies more than anything is just how horribly these girls were failed by seemingly everyone around them
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‘Surviving R. Kelly’: It takes a village to fail a child
What 'Surviving R. Kelly' clarifies more than anything is just how horribly these girls were failed by seemingly everyone around them
Featured
What do we do with abusers like R. Kelly if we abolish prisons?
Editor’s Note: This essay contains discussions of childhood sexual violence I didn’t order that... more
Featured
Trans people have the right to forgive transphobia on our own terms
There’s room for varying degrees of compassion, education, and growth. We, of all people, should understand that nothing is binary.
Featured
Exposing children to examples of protest plants the seeds for them to fight for justice
By Salaam Green Protest birthed out of the American south often sets the pace for revolutionary and... more
Race
Study: Body cam footage negatively influences viewers’ perceptions of police violence victims
According to Pacific Standard, a new study indicates that people who watch police body camera footage... more
Politics
Turkey claims New York Knicks’ Enes Kanter has ties to terror group after he criticizes government
New York Knicks Center Enes Kanter skipped this week’s game in London, claiming that he could... more
Videos
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According to the Miami Herald, a 50-year-old man from Philadelphia who lives in the Florida Keys found himself on the fast track to a deportation to Jamaica, despite... more
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According to USA Today, an independent autopsy commissioned by the Bradford family shows that Emantic Bradford Jr. was shot from behind three times by police during the... more
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Border Patrol fires tear gas, chases asylum seekers and closes the border to keep them out of the US
According to Buzzfeed News, late Sunday evening, Border Patrol agents temporarily closed the San Ysidro Port of Entry, one of the most used border crossings in the... more
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The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFK) Foundation, led by Kerry Kennedy, started a month-long mission to bail out hundreds of women and juveniles at Rikers Island.... more
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According to the Washington Post, police in Hoover, Alabama originally indicated Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. was the shooter in a mall after they killed the... more
Podcasts
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The new podcast 'That Black Couple' is thoughtful, introspective, and slightly ratchet. You will want to add this to your rotation.
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2 Dope Queens, the popular podcast from comedians Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams, is heading to HBO. Robinson shared the news in a tweet that the pair will work... more
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Bronzeville tells he story of a prosperous Black Chicago neighborhood in the 1940s.
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For black women interested in art, the opportunity to speak with like-minded peers can be few and far between. The lack of space for black women in the art world compelled Jovonna Jones and Samantha Scott to create BlacQurl, an online magazine and platform for black women and femme writers, creatives, and critics.
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"2 Dope Queens" is a new podcast that will be running through mid-June and hosted by comedians Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson.
News
Former prosecutor acquits 3 cops accused of falsifying reports in Laquan McDonald shooting
Chicago officers David March, Joseph Walsh, and Thomas Gaffney have just been acquitted of felony charges of conspiring to cover up the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old... more
Entertainment
The excellence of Black Hollywood doesn’t need to be validated by mainstream awards
It's time we value award shows like the NAACP Image Awards and the relatively new African-American Film Critics Association Awards.
Politics
Turkey claims New York Knicks’ Enes Kanter has ties to terror group after he criticizes government
New York Knicks Center Enes Kanter skipped this week’s game in London, claiming that he could potentially be killed over his criticisms of Turkish president Recep... more
Culture
Former prosecutor acquits 3 cops accused of falsifying reports in Laquan McDonald shooting
Chicago officers David March, Joseph Walsh, and Thomas Gaffney have just been acquitted of felony charges of conspiring to cover up the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old... more
