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I don’t know what my grief looks like outside of social pressures to perform it in acceptable ways

Comic: Cis folks need to stop masking their transphobia as “preference”

‘How We Fight White Supremacy’ honors the many ways Black folks resist

Comic: A crunchy lifestyle is not a cure for mental illness

Comic: Waging war against masculinity by minding our femme, female, queer business

Why racial disparities in U.S. maternal health are so terrible, and what you can do about it

2020 candidates are finally talking about reparations. It’s time to deepen the debate

Defending “Nipsey Hussle’s widow” and other hollow gestures for Black women

Why the plan to replace Rikers, or reform any prison, is doomed to perpetuate the problem

On being a Black cynic when the world’s laughter is so loud

To parents of the revolution: Intentional time given to our children is important too

Comic: No, you did not turn out “just fine”

How prison-based thinking warps a lack of empathy for “deserving” victims to harm the vulnerable

Columbus activist Amber Evans is still missing over a month after her disappearance

80+ arrested during protests after D.A. refuses to charge officers who killed Stephon Clark

Black man finessed his way into the presidency of a neo-Nazi group, now vows to destroy it

Sweeping gun control bill passes House, but threatens undocumented migrants

Black integrity matters

Comic: Queer men don’t need straight men’s permission to be cute

Ole Miss basketball players kneel before game in protest of confederate rally in Oxford

Sudanese president declares state of emergency amid widespread protests

Meet Ashton P. Woods, the millennial Black Lives Matter activist running for Houston City Council-At Large

Massive protests erupt in Brazil after Black 19-year-old Pedro Gonzaga killed while being restrained

11-year-old arrested at Florida school after refusing to stand for pledge of allegiance defends himself

NFL to settle collusion case with Colin Kaepernick

Wear Your Voice campaign aims to correct how the body positivity movement fails women of color

Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express expose decades of abuse by Southern Baptist leaders

Denver teachers on strike today after negotiations over more stable base salary stall out

21 Savage faces deportation after being arrested by ICE, who allege that he is a British National

Brooklyn jail facing protests after freezing temperatures made prisoners sick

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