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Trump’s new order ending family separations will just detain undocumented families indefinitely
After the Trump administration separated more than 2,000 children from their parents under the... more
Entertainment
How do you mourn an abuser?: Rapper XXXtentacion killed outside motorcycle dealership in Florida
South Florida rapper XXXtentacion was shot and killed outside of a motorcycle dealership in an apparent... more
Word
“But what, exactly, does true liberation for Black folk look like? What would it mean for us to truly be free? How would we get there?”
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An open letter to my boyfriend after the ghost of my abuser appeared during sex
Content Note: This essay contains descriptions of childhood sexual assault. When I finally cum, I fear it will be an ancestral libation, an offering to him. In death, he... more
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I’m finally decolonizing the queerphobia I learned at home
I learned very early that girls cannot kiss girls, girls cannot love girls, and girls cannot be with other girls.
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What do we need for a new freedom?: A proudly fat, disabled, bisexual enby’s vision for #Juneteenth
By Denarii Grace Some days I wonder if the work that I do is worth it. On the surface, Black artists/cultural workers, healers, teachers and activists who live most on... more
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Comic: Straight people, I am not your Po-Gay-mon
We're not getting into a pose-off and vogue-battling, and damn sure ain't doing so for you.
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Black witnessing is an insistence on Black being: Re-membering those who were lynched
Modern instances of lynching continue to render us invisible and terrorized, yet it is the power of our testimony, the demand that the terror they wrought is “going to stay with” them.
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When is it #TimesUp for white women who don’t recognize Black women’s boundaries?
By Rachael Edwards I’m not a touchy-feely person. Like most humans, I appreciate having a say in whose fingers touch me, if I can help it. On New York City subways... more
Featured
When is it #TimesUp for white women who don’t recognize Black women’s boundaries?
By Rachael Edwards I’m not a touchy-feely person. Like most humans, I appreciate having a say in whose... more
Featured
Jordan Peele will finally bring his Black horror genius to HBO with ‘Lovecraft Country’
People say that the outrageous levels of intolerance and bigotry are not indicative of who we are as Americans, but Lovecraft Country will showcase a part of our history that proves them wrong.
Featured
Learning to love my androgynous and masculine Black womanhood
I have many traumas from the social conditioning of compulsory femininity, more than I am willing to share here. Like a thousand paper cuts, they add up to something unspeakably painful.
Featured
How I learned to stop torturing myself in hopes of getting to “the good part” of bad entertainment
By Briana Lawrence Full disclosure: I used to love me some Roseanne back in the late 80s/90s. Like most... more
Race
After 6 missing and killed Black women and girls, Chicago student starts carpool program to protect them
As Black Youth Project previously reported, Black girls and women are the primary targets of a spate of... more
Politics
U.S. pulls out of UN Human Rights Council citing anti-Israel “chronic bias”
On Tuesday, the United States’ ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, and Secretary of... more
Videos
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As Black Youth Project previously reported, Black girls and women are the primary targets of a spate of kidnappings and murders concerning residents of the South Side... more
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Kofi Siriboe, best known for his work on OWN’s Queen Sugar as Ralph Angel recently released a documentary focusing on Black mental health. The short documentary,... more
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Morgan Freeman, the 80-year-old actor perhaps who became a household name after his roles in Driving Miss Daisy and Along Came a Spider is the latest to face a reckoning... more
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A Montana border patrol agent detained and questioned two American citizens after he merely overheard them speaking to each other in Spanish at a gas station. Early... more
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Netflix, the world’s leading online streaming entertainment company, has just signed a multiyear production deal with former U.S. president, Barack Obama, and... more
Podcasts
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The new podcast 'That Black Couple' is thoughtful, introspective, and slightly ratchet. You will want to add this to your rotation.
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2 Dope Queens, the popular podcast from comedians Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams, is heading to HBO. Robinson shared the news in a tweet that the pair will work... more
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Bronzeville tells he story of a prosperous Black Chicago neighborhood in the 1940s.
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For black women interested in art, the opportunity to speak with like-minded peers can be few and far between. The lack of space for black women in the art world compelled Jovonna Jones and Samantha Scott to create BlacQurl, an online magazine and platform for black women and femme writers, creatives, and critics.
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"2 Dope Queens" is a new podcast that will be running through mid-June and hosted by comedians Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson.
News
Trump’s new order ending family separations will just detain undocumented families indefinitely
After the Trump administration separated more than 2,000 children from their parents under the “zero tolerance” policy, the president succumbed to pressure... more
Entertainment
How do you mourn an abuser?: Rapper XXXtentacion killed outside motorcycle dealership in Florida
South Florida rapper XXXtentacion was shot and killed outside of a motorcycle dealership in an apparent robbery, per reporting from the Daily Beast and other media... more
Politics
Trump’s new order ending family separations will just detain undocumented families indefinitely
After the Trump administration separated more than 2,000 children from their parents under the “zero tolerance” policy, the president succumbed to pressure... more
Culture
Trump’s new order ending family separations will just detain undocumented families indefinitely
After the Trump administration separated more than 2,000 children from their parents under the “zero tolerance” policy, the president succumbed to pressure... more
