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5 Books for the Black, Queer Poet in Your Life

‘The Wiz Live!’ gives us the representation we need

WATCH: Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner of the Miss Universe pageant, among other pageant firsts

Why it’s important that men are writing about rape

Serena Williams responded gracefully to haters in her ‘Sportsperson of the Year’ acceptance speech

ICYMI: Rahm Emanuel wasn’t ready for Chicago high school students chanting ’16 shots’

Charlene Carruthers talks Black Youth Project 100

Isaiah Austin on Life After NBA Dreams and Living with Marfan Syndrome

Mistrial Declared in the Case of Officer William Porter in the Death of Freddie Gray

Republicans Prove Terror Only Exists When Committed by People of Color

Locs and Twisted Hairstyles Have Been Approved for Women in the Marines

Chance the Rapper Mentions Laquan McDonald as He Becomes First Independent Artist on ‘SNL’

Racism and Sexism Led the ‘LA Times’ to Compare Serena Williams to a Horse

Is Attorney General Loretta Lynch the Real Answer to Chicago’s Police Problem?

BYP Announcement: Welcome our new staff members!

10 Black Queer Artists to Watch

BYP 100 Feature: official statement from the byp100 on the firing of cpd police superintendent

#AvaBarbie: The Holiday Reminder That Representation Matters

Update: The University of California System Sells Millions Invested in Private Prisons

BYP Joins $18Mil Research Effort to Shed Light on Women and Girls of Color

#NotOneDime: ‘Black Friday’ Sales Down More Than $1 Billion from 2014

Shifting the Focus From the LaQuan McDonald Murder Video and Back to the Systems That Killed Him

Young Black Organizers Decline Private Meeting with Mayor to Discuss the Video of the Execution of Laquan McDonald

Listen to ‘Epic’, the Latest Album From Kamasi Washington

We’re Done Being Polite: A Reflection on the Mizzou Protests

7 Facts You Need to Know About the Mizzou Protests

8 Black Queer & Trans Business Owners to Know

BYP 100 Feature: Black People in New York City Are Not Safe

‘Black Millennials in America’ in the Media: Watch this Informative Video From the Wall Street Journal

Half of Black Millennials Know Victim of Police Violence

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