News
U.S. District Judge rules against addition of “citizenship” question on U.S. census
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman has ruled against the Trump administration’s plan to add a... more
Entertainment
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.
Word
“Stories of Black grit to achieve academically despite structural poverty get elevated, normalizing how we look to these examples of “Black exceptionalism.””
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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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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.
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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 extra whiskey ginger last week. I went home when my body told me to,... more
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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
Featured
Queering Kwanzaa: How the seven principles remind me of QTPOC power
This winter, I revisited Kwanzaa as a queer, non-binary, Afro-Latinx now familiar with Black feminist theory and far less ashamed of my Blackness
Featured
Reconciling ‘glorious healing’ & the ‘loving refusal’ of intracommunal violence in an era of disposability
By Tez Files Baptize me. Now that reconciliation is possible, if we’re gonna heal, let it be... more
Featured
It’s not just white incels. We need to talk about the Black Manosphere, too.
The Black Manosphere formed out of a notable goal, but at the cost of a vulnerable population: it seeks to uplift Black men, but does so by demeaning Black women.
Race
#Data4BlackLives conference highlights how technology and race interact
Data 4 Black Lives, a group comprised of activists, organizers, and mathematicians who are committed to... more
Politics
Julián Castro, ex-housing secretary under President Obama, declares intent to run for presidency
According to the Huffington Post, Julián Castro became one of the first candidates to fully step into... 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
U.S. District Judge rules against addition of “citizenship” question on U.S. census
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman has ruled against the Trump administration’s plan to add a question on citizenship to the U.S. 2020 census. Many courts and states... 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
U.S. District Judge rules against addition of “citizenship” question on U.S. census
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman has ruled against the Trump administration’s plan to add a question on citizenship to the U.S. 2020 census. Many courts and states... more
Culture
480,000 students affected as Los Angeles teachers go on strike for better wages, conditions
For the first time in 3 decades, over 30,000 teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School district went on strike for higher wages and better conditions after almost two... more
