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A Black woman transforms conditioned silence into language: How Audre Lorde induced my rebirth

UCPD’s shooting of student in mental health crisis highlights the academy’s role in police brutality

White liberals stay predicting dystopias caused by whiteness—without doing anything about it

GA officials don’t suspect foul play after finding body of missing CDC employee Timothy Cunningham

I need white people to control their guns AND their sons

Black dreams and storytelling have long been a part of the push towards Black liberation

The stories of our struggles are not for white people to consume in an effort to ‘do better’

Black Stoneman Douglas students draw attention to the intersection of race and gun policy after Parkland shooting

We need to prioritize Black girls in the conversation about police in schools

March For Our Lives and the gun control debate are leaving Black children behind

How Jay-Z & other venture capitalists are creating new problems in the name of social justice

Comic: We need to take the mental health of Black women far more seriously

“The Shape of Water” and the problem with “privilege”: Escaping oppression at the expense of destroying it

For Black girls who don’t tesser well

Black Separatists do not belong on SPLC’s list of hate groups

SXSW didn’t warn attendees about bombs targeting Black people in Austin, in case you forgot Black lives with money don’t matter either

“Use your white voice”: Why the ‘Sorry to Bother You’ trailer speaks to me

As light-skinned people, it’s our job to make space for those silenced most by colorism

Sonya Renee Taylor’s ‘The Body Is Not An Apology’: Unlocking the radical self-love that is already ours

Meg’s journey in ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ reminds me of my own struggle with love

Working through anti-Black ideas around HIV while my partner is HIV positive

Romance is not the only type of Black love that matters

3 tips for dealing with mental health issues exacerbated by anti-Blackness on college campuses

Yes, you do still need consent from former and current sex workers

Call me Akata: Reclaiming our birthright as Indigenous and African people born on American soil

Mike Pence believes the end of abortion rights to come soon

Oprah’s $500k support of the Parkland students is a raw reminder of her lack of support for Black lives

How “Christianity is the white man’s religion” feeds the damaging disconnect between the Diaspora and Africa

Comic: Seeing Black children flourish in ‘Black Panther’ excitement makes me beam

Family insists something is amiss after Atlanta area epidemiologist vanishes

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