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

Liberation is a 3-step process: Broadening activism’s scope in the wake of the Movement for Black Lives

This Cover of TIME Came and Went, but it has a Message for Our Movement

The Kalief Browder Docuseries Builds a Clear Case for Prison Abolition

Why You Can’t Understand Black History Without a Critique of Capitalism

A conversation on allyship with one of the masterminds behind the Safety Pin Box

This new video compares Donald Trump’s platform to the Black Panther Party’s

A Few Ways to Support Police Abolition In The New Year (Or Right Now)

Breaking the Socialization Around American Holidays: A Parent’s Dilemma

Preaching to the Choir About Racism

We Need Revolution, Not Endorsements

Review of ‘The 13th’: When Art Imitates Life, We Have to Ask “What’s Next?”

Here’s What You Need To Know About Build Black Futures Advocacy Day

642 Million Reasons Chicago Doesn’t Need More Police

How Much Can a Black President Really Do for Black People?

Don’t Celebrate Just Yet, The Private Prison Industry Will Still Thrive

New ‘Melanites’ Doll Line Offers Different Images Of Black Boyhood

Ava Duvernay’s New Documentary on Mass Incarceration Will Change The Game

This Is What Can Happen When Data Meets The Movement For Black Lives

What Happens When Black Liberation Becomes Mainstream

Why It Took So Long for Another Black American Girl Doll

What would It have been like if TV classics had casts of color?

FLOTUS: Obama Presidency ‘Changes the Bar’ For Our Youth

Judge Rules NYPD’s “Stop and Frisk” Policy is Unconstitutional

POLL: Sizable Portion of American Public Have No Friends of Other Races

If Our Freedom is Criminal, We Must Change the Laws

Congressmen Introduce “End Racial Profiling Bill” in the Wake of Zimmerman Verdict

Hundreds of NYC Fast Food Workers Are on Strike

Tavis Smiley Blasts President Obama for Trayvon Martin Speech

Offensive “Angry Trayvon” App Sparks Outrage

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