News
Legislators will take on financial liability for sexual misconduct instead of taxpayers in new bill
According to USA Today, the House and Senate have agreed to fundamentally change the way sexual... more
Entertainment
Actress Amber Brenner is suing director/producer Salim Akil for breach of contract & domestic violence
Director/producer and husband of Mara Brock Akil, Salim Akil, is being accused by actress Amber Brenner... more
Word
“I envy the Sentinelese, and I celebrate them, and I've spent many hours sitting with that.”
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Finding our way back to the religions stolen from our ancestors
White colonizers, enslavers, and capitalists have always conspired to keep Black and Indigenous people from uprising, and Christianity has been consistently used as a tool of white supremacy.
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‘The House That Will Not Stand’ is not a celebration of affluent Black women, it’s an indictment of the racial caste system
In our desire to see successful antebellum Black women when all the stories we see regarding this era are whitewashed, we shouldn’t forget the realities of race, caste, and identity in the South.
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Your perfect work record won’t protect you if you’re Black and don’t stay in your place
By Nefertari Sloan I was fired from my job as senior health & sexuality educator, the only job I’ve ever fallen in love with less than a month ago. I am a damn... more
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Marc Lamont Hill was fired for telling the truth about the Palestinian resistance
In so many ways, what Israel is doing to the Palestinian people looks a lot like what the United States has done and continues to do to its Black and Indigenous population.
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The bar for white “allies” is absurdly low and I’m tired of watching them be praised for reaching it
Black people are expected to do the work, caring about everyone else before ourselves, and even when we do, rarely are we commended for it. In fact, we are mostly vilified for saying the things that white "allies" say.
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The Christianity I was taught didn’t align with my values. ‘The Color Purple’ helped me reimagine religion
By Gloria Oladipo Being around family for the various holidays this year has reminded me a lot of religion, specifically Christianity, which has been in my life since... more
Featured
The Christianity I was taught didn’t align with my values. ‘The Color Purple’ helped me reimagine religion
By Gloria Oladipo Being around family for the various holidays this year has reminded me a lot of... more
Featured
It’s past time to quell the remnants of queerphobia begat by colonialism in Africa
With aggressive homophobia so deeply embedded into our culture, I saw queerness and African-ness as a zero sum game, and through the hostility of The Closet and in my desperation to stand in my truth, I was resigned to acquiesce to being only the former, only being queer.
Featured
What Black Brits want African Americans to know about race and racism in the U.K.
By Habiba Katsha Race and racism aren’t topics that are spoken about openly enough in the U.K., and... more
Featured
How do I admit I’m lonely when this world only values the ones who get ‘chosen’?
A lot of us need a social intervention to re-evaluate what we think romance is and what dating and relationships should look like. A lot of us need to interrogate the behaviors, expectations, and permissions that have become normalized, especially those which are gendered, and even racialized.
Race
Detroit pastor charged with murder of Black trans activist Kelly Stough
This past Monday, 46-year old Albert Weathers, a Detroit pastor, was charged with the murder of 36-year... more
Politics
After viral video of NYPD snatching baby from her arms as she waited for a child care voucher, Jazmine Headley has charges dropped
According to Vox, an arrest stemming from a December 7th visit to a Brooklyn Human Resources Center has... 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
Legislators will take on financial liability for sexual misconduct instead of taxpayers in new bill
According to USA Today, the House and Senate have agreed to fundamentally change the way sexual misconduct allegations are handled in Congress, making legislators bear... more
Entertainment
‘The House That Will Not Stand’ is not a celebration of affluent Black women, it’s an indictment of the racial caste system
In our desire to see successful antebellum Black women when all the stories we see regarding this era are whitewashed, we shouldn’t forget the realities of race, caste, and identity in the South.
Politics
Legislators will take on financial liability for sexual misconduct instead of taxpayers in new bill
According to USA Today, the House and Senate have agreed to fundamentally change the way sexual misconduct allegations are handled in Congress, making legislators bear... more
Culture
Detroit pastor charged with murder of Black trans activist Kelly Stough
This past Monday, 46-year old Albert Weathers, a Detroit pastor, was charged with the murder of 36-year old Kelly Stough, a Black trans woman. She was killed in... more
