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Ex-Green Beret admits political assassination plot by UAE and American soldiers

After exploiting her for research, Johns Hopkins University to name building after Henrietta Lacks

A Black feminist pleasure praxis acknowledges and affirms the possibility for Black women’s sexual pleasure

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

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

PA Supreme Court publishes bombshell report on clergy abuse, 300 priests named over 30 years

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

Ilhan Omar wins historic win in Minnesota’s Democratic Primary

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

American history classes are actually worsening kids’ understanding of America

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

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

Missing pages of Malcolm X’s autobiography purchased by the Schomburg Center at NY auction

Letter to my Black mother who wants me to forgive the world when I saw it try to kill her

95 bodies—how sanitizing slavery keeps America’s hands clean

Remains of 95 Black “convict lease laborers” who were basically post-Civil War slaves found in Texas

New study shows that focus on appearance creates big barriers for Black women in sports

Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez upsets high-ranking official in NY primary. What’s next?

Smithsonian Museum of African American History acquires Wakandan artifacts

What do we need for a new freedom?: A proudly fat, disabled, bisexual enby’s vision for #Juneteenth

Black witnessing is an insistence on Black being: Re-membering those who were lynched

The Obsidian Collection and Google are working to digitize Black legacy newspapers for a modern world

When is it #TimesUp for white women who don’t recognize Black women’s boundaries?

Urban planning pioneer Toni Griffin wins award after subverting rules to highlight segregation

In South Fulton, Georgia, where Black women hold all top offices, can they set a new model for law enforcement?

Time explores the history of a Nazi concentration camp symbol that was repurposed for Pride

Black people still can’t swim: Reflections on the McKinney, TX pool incident 3 summers later

California city set to test basic income of $500 a month to fight income inequality

Black boy gone: Why this former minister left the church behind

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