Activism

String of Black LGBTQ+ murders sparks fear of serial killer in Central Florida community

Oakland mourns after 18-year-old Nia Wilson is killed on BART subway station by alleged white supremacist

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

Metro Nashville City Council votes to prohibit investments in private prisons

The 2018 Black Muslim Psychology Conference is coming to Philadelphia!

Cornel West sparks spirited discussion about democracy at Dartmouth on 25th anniversary of ‘Race Matters’

I am an organizer and sometimes my PTSD makes Black Liberation feel impossible

Social media calls out France’s racism, islamophobia after 2018 World Cup win

Chicago erupts in protest following the shooting of a Black man by Chicago PD

Poet Simone John talks her book ‘Testify’ and Sandra Bland’s legacy on the anniversary of her death in AAIHS interview

Tens of thousands protest Trump visit in London

The NFL Player’s Association officially challenges league’s anthem policy with grievance

Calls to #AbolishICE are counterproductive unless they are also a call to #AbolishPolice

Disgraced Scott Pruitt resigns from EPA, but his replacement could be just as bad for the environment

Meet the Black immigrant woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty to protest I.C.E.

Leftist who promised to take on corruption and the establishment wins Mexico presidency in a landslide

Thousands gathered across the country this weekend to protest Trump’s immigration policies

9 protestors arrested at Portland ICE facility as immigration protests spread nationwide

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

“Jogger Joe” destroying a houseless Black man’s belongings is a natural part of Oakland’s gentrification

Sarah Huckabee Sanders was kicked out of restaurant, Maxine Waters says, “Good!”

The mayors and governors using their political sway to stall Trump’s immigration policies

Trump’s new order ending family separations will just detain undocumented families indefinitely

After 6 missing and killed Black women and girls, Chicago student starts carpool program to protect them

Prisons increasingly employ teachers and secretaries to substitute for guards

Chicago activists accuse police of negligence as Black girls and women continue disappearing

Over 2,000 activists arrested nationwide as part of MLK-inspired Poor People’s Campaign’s “moral revival”

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

Watch: Kofi Siriboe’s new documentary leads a necessary discussion about Black mental health

Supreme Court: Colorodo shop can’t be forced to serve gay couple, but ruling may not apply to similar cases

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