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California becomes first state to abolish cash bail, but gives judges more discretion to jail defendants

After NYC makes inmate calls free, Texas reduces charge from 26 cents a minute to 6

After assault on Black patrons by Asian workers at Flatbush nail salon, protesters call for boycotts

Comic: The education system stifles LGBTQ+ students and kids of color from the start

Court rules rapper’s lyrics, remake of N.W.A.’s “F– the Police”, is threat against cops on appeal

Inmates in at least 17 states begin massive labor strike, calling conditions modern-day slavery

Mexico’s first studio-driven fiction film with an all Black cast is criticized for anti-Black representation

Administration rebukes UNC protesters who toppled notorious confederate statue to the ground

The audacity of Aretha Franklin—a voice for Black liberation

Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul”, passed way Thursday morning

Our hair is a map to freedom: What I learned about resistance from the “1st” free Black town in the Americas

To the friend who said I should be thankful for my online harassment while cosplaying: I ain’t thankful for shit

John Legend calls for the end of racist non-unanimous jury convictions in Louisiana

“Unite the Right” white supremacist rally vastly outnumbered by counter-protesters

Hulu documentary ‘Minding the Gap’ powerfully explores the effect of toxic masculinity on boys

We need solidarity across the Diaspora in challenging anti-Blackness in the Dominican Republic

Inspired by Fox News attacks, Lebron James set to produce ‘Shut Up and Dribble’ docuseries

Black Lives Matter protestors crash wedding of officer who murdered Stephon Clark

Amazon reiterates “unwavering support” for US law enforcement, military despite worker complaints

Largest for-profit prison company in Florida threatens to sue Dream Defenders for anti-ICE protests

Reclaiming my imagination: a story of a Black nerd who once hated summer reading

The Nation magazine issues apology after backlash for publishing offensive poem from a white guy

LeBron opens public school offering free meals, college tuition to graduates and more

Beyond representation: Visibility in media won’t save us

Saying “I am not my ancestors” blatantly disrespects how they lived and died for us

Teen Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi released after widely rebuked term in Israeli prison

Philadelphia ends contract with ICE following protests

Elbert Howard, one of the Black Panther Party founders, dies at 80

New Zealand to grant 10 day paid leave for domestic abuse survivors

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