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‘How We Fight White Supremacy’ honors the many ways Black folks resist

Black folks respond to, subvert, and resist this in a myriad of creative, warm-hearted, affirming, ingenious, riotous, and impassioned ways.

by Sherronda J. Brown

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To parents of the revolution: Intentional time given to our children is important too

We need to make proactive accountability regular praxis in organizing and beyond

Columbus activist Amber Evans is still missing over a month after her disappearance

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Black man finessed his way into the presidency of a neo-Nazi group, now vows to destroy it

Sweeping gun control bill passes House, but threatens undocumented migrants

Ole Miss basketball players kneel before game in protest of confederate rally in Oxford

Sudanese president declares state of emergency amid widespread protests

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Massive protests erupt in Brazil after Black 19-year-old Pedro Gonzaga killed while being restrained

11-year-old arrested at Florida school after refusing to stand for pledge of allegiance defends himself

NFL to settle collusion case with Colin Kaepernick

Wear Your Voice campaign aims to correct how the body positivity movement fails women of color

Denver teachers on strike today after negotiations over more stable base salary stall out

Brooklyn jail facing protests after freezing temperatures made prisoners sick

Prominent Saudi Arabian women’s activist’s family says she is being tortured after arrest

After Israeli police kill Ethiopian woman, community rallies to protest anti-Blackness & police brutality

Houston police union president threatens to track civilian anti-police rhetoric after cops shot

The importance of reckoning with anti-Black bias in the white-dominated tech world

Angola removes colonial-era law that prohibited homosexuality

Turning the fight to save the environment into a fight for racial justice

Former prosecutor acquits 3 cops accused of falsifying reports in Laquan McDonald shooting

Sudan arrests 28 journalists in crack down on anti-government protests

Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal granted the right of appeal by Philadelphia judge

480,000 students affected as Los Angeles teachers go on strike for better wages, conditions

#Data4BlackLives conference highlights how technology and race interact

Voting rights restored to former felons in Florida, but lawmakers may add legal hurdles

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