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How two young Black Chicago women are using art and activism to change narratives about Black communities

On being left for white men

HBO green lights series about a world where the Confederacy won

Reflections on my thirty-four years as a Black man with mental illness

On ‘4:44’, maleness, and the performance of the public apology

We need to talk about anti-vaxxing in Black communities

We need to pay attention to the Indigenous activism that is happening in Canada right now

From Black Brazil to the Black America: The Importance of Transnational Solidarity

Sofia Coppola erased Black women from ‘The Beguiled’ because white women always have to be victims

Why can’t we defend Blackness when a Black person does something wrong?

Black and Latinx queer people need safe spaces, too

Two women, 41 and 32, shot and killed in Chicago’s Washington Park

Why reproductive justice is essential to understanding gene editing

Second Emmett Till marker defaced in Mississippi

Memorial honoring Nabra Hassanen, slain Muslim teen, set on fire

How Trump’s anti-Black, anti-poor, and anti-LGBTQ administration affects marginalized people

Stop hoping “the shooter” isn’t Black.

How I am managing toxic relationships with Bill Cosby rape apologists

The system isn’t failing us because it isn’t ours

Feminist triumph in action thrillers has always been for and about white women

Juneteenth and our post-emancipation fight for liberation

White feminism doesn’t know what to do with Amber Rose

1 year after Pulse, the vulnerability (and strength) of queer people of color is more apparent than ever

More Than a Token: Parting reflections on being Black at the University of Chicago

The Case of Quilombo: Black Students Fight to Stay in Brazilian Universities

Yara Shahidi is headed to Harvard this fall

When white people enter a space, anti-Blackness always does too

Chicago teens sound off on Jason Whitlock, LeBron James, and racism in America

London experiences third terrorist attack to hit UK in three months

Baltimore 7th grader wins individual chess championsip

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