Culture

Comic: I’ll believe The Lord is against homosexuality when he tells me

Why do so many others want to claim Blackness if it means oppression?

To force Muslims to assimilate, Denmark requires all to shake hands in citizenship ceremonies

Hungary is in revolt over a draconian overtime bill workers are calling a “slave law”

Parents outraged as New Orleans votes to become the first major city in America with an all charter school system

Several killed in protests and riots against Sudanese government over soaring prices

New report details China’s drastic measures to silence opposition and activists

Senate passes the First Step Act with notable bipartisan support. What comes next?

Detroit pastor charged with murder of Black trans activist Kelly Stough

Tennessee Governor will give answer on Cyntoia Brown’s clemency before he leaves office

After viral video of NYPD snatching baby from her arms as she waited for a child care voucher, Jazmine Headley has charges dropped

U.S. Supreme Court secures a surprise win for Planned Parenthood… for now

A Black woman-led Philly non-profit hopes to revolutionize how we teach sex ed to girls

Marc Lamont Hill was fired for telling the truth about the Palestinian resistance

Dollar stores replace grocery stores in low-income Black communities at alarming rates, one town is fighting the surge

The bar for white “allies” is absurdly low and I’m tired of watching them be praised for reaching it

Mexico City’s first female mayor will dissolve anti-protest police force

Violent protests against wealth inequality in France continue, but many capitalize on economic anxiety for nationalist ends

Police charge anti-fascist protesters who were stabbed at white nationalist rally but protect the neo-Nazis

American citizen sues ICE following three week attempt to deport him to Jamaica

Private autopsy shows cops shot Emantic Bradford Jr., man mistaken for Black Friday mall shooter, 3 times in the back

New Muslim congresswoman Rashida Tlaib will lead a first congressional delegation to Israeli-occupied West Bank

Top Obama officials now caught up in lawsuit about Clinton Foundation’s improper practices

What Black Brits want African Americans to know about race and racism in the U.K.

Ocasio-Cortez says all Americans should have healthcare like she gets as a congresswoman in latest call for Medicare for All

Bassem Masri, a prominent live streamer of Ferguson uprising, latest area activist found dead

CNN fires Marc Lamont Hill for advocating for Palestinian freedom

The challenges of raising a Black & Native child when they’re seen as mutually exclusive stereotypes

Largest mass bailout in history releases hundreds from Rikers

Comic: White people love to claim indigeneity so they can feel oppressed

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